Climate science
Greenland ice loss outpaces climate models
NEWS: Most detailed study yet of Greenland ice sheet illustrates complex process causing billions of tonnes to melt every year
Fast Finland warming means blue Christmas for Santa
NEWS: Even icy Lapland faces diminished snowfall as Finland warms over twice the rate of global average
NASA CO2 map reveals impact of forest clearance
BLOG: Springtime burning of savannah and forest in the southern hemisphere shows up in latest satellite images
Arctic warming “twice as fast” as anywhere else on Earth
NEWS: Sea ice levels showing signs of recovery, but rising temperatures spell radical change for polar region
Rise in weather extremes linked to climate change, say scientists
NEWS: Lethal heat waves, ice storms and big freezes could become regular events if greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled
Tropical deforestation could cause 0.7C temperature rise
NEWS: Rainforests are the “sweat glands” of the world and losses could wreak havoc with farming, researchers warn
2014 likely to be Europe’s warmest since 1500s
NEWS: Calls for climate compensation from top polluters likely to grow as odds on warming years plummet
Beaver resurgence ups climate warming methane emissions
NEWS: Since the decline of fur trapping, beaver populations have exploded, increasing methane generation from dammed ponds
Greenpeace promises to make amends for Nazca Lines stunt
NEWS: The Peruvian government is seeking to extradite activists who damaged world heritage site, on charges that carry 6-year jail sentence
Emissions growth slows as economies clean up – research
NEWS: Fossil fuel use and industries emitted a record 35.3Gt of CO2 in 2013, but slowdown shows economies depend less on polluting industry
Five steps to saving Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
NEWS: Destruction of rainforest likely to endanger global climate unless it can be stopped and restored
Rising concern over invisible threat to Antarctic glaciers
NEWS: As ocean temperatures rise, warmer currents are attacking the Antarctic ice sheet from below, say scientists
Kennedy Space Centre operations face growing climate threat
NEWS: Rising sea levels and repeated storm damage to natural coastal defences pose challenge to NASA operations
Latin American coalition to restore 20 million hectares of forest
NEWS: Eight South American countries make promise at UN meeting to start restoring damaged lands
Climate adaptation costs could hit $1trn a year by 2050 – UN
NEWS: The cost of protecting people from climate change impacts are likely to be 2-3 times previous estimates, finds UN report
Widows of murdered Peruvian forest defenders demand justice
NEWS: As Peruvian government reveals rising deforestation at Lima climate talks, indigenous people accuse them of neglect
WMO: 2014 set to be hottest year ever
NEWS: Climatologists’ report shows the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions as UN climate negotiators meet in Lima
Could geoengineering make climate change worse?
NEWS: Resorting to geoengineering to tackle climate change would be an admission of failure, UK scientists say
Can global warming be limited to 1.5C?
COMMENT: Scientists at Climate Analytics discuss the odds of avoiding temperature rises above 1.5C and 2C
October 2014 ‘warmest on record’ – NOAA
NEWS: US weather agency says October 2014 broke all the records – and that the year is on track to be the hottest ever