Climate science
Pacific Islands face bleak future as 1.5C warming target slips away
NEWS: Countries need to accept radical carbon cuts over next decade to avoid worst climate impacts says UN
Hottest ever ocean temperatures signal end of warming “pause”
NEWS: Ocean temperatures break new record, as 2014 looks set to be hottest year ever
Climategate five years on: who won the war?
COMMENT: Claims of collusion and deceit within the scientific community caused a scandal in 2009, but to what effect, asks Richard Black
Activist murders raise doubts over Peru’s deforestation goals
NEWS: Killing of environmental activists puts Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s UN climate conference
Climate change to increase US lightning strikes
NEWS: Scientists predict a 50% increase this century in the frequency of lightning strikes due to global warming
Geoengineering: Pumping iron into oceans could backfire
NEWS: Iron fertilisation of oceans stimulates carbon sucking plankton, but could also lead to rise in CO2 emitting sea-life
Who’s to blame for climate change?
ANALYSIS: Scientists are starting to undertake the politically dangerous task of figuring out who can be blamed for extreme weather disasters
UK farmer warns of climate impacts in sceptic MP’s region
NEWS: The Clacton constituency of UKIP’s Douglas Carswell is particularly vulnerable to global warming, says local farmer
Polar bears added to UN protection list as Arctic ice shrinks
NEWS: Threatened by shrinking sea ice, bear is one of 31 endangered species to be given greater protection
IPCC report has mixed news for climate vulnerable countries
COMMENT: The UN’s latest assessment of climate change shows how serious the situation is for the world’s poorest
Why can’t academics agree whether climate change causes wars?
ANALYSIS: A fight between rival academics over climate change and conflict has important messages for peacekeepers, says Alex Randall
IPCC climate report: evidence humans warming planet “unequivocal”
NEWS: UN science report provides final warning on climate change ahead of 2015 international emissions cutting deal
Halloween could be UK’s hottest ever
NEWS: October 31 will be frightfully hot, according to the UK’s Met Office
Climate marathon: IPCC nears finish line for seminal report
NEWS: Scientists and officials will need to sift through over 200 comments, ranging from grammatical errors to strategic concerns
Climate change could create more Boko Haram extremists – study
NEWS: Drought, famine and crop failures could destabilise 32 countries in Africa and Asia, warn risk analysts
UK invests £97m in weather and climate supercomputer
NEWS: The Met Office says the system, 13 times more powerful than its existing capacity, will bring £2 billion of benefits
Giant tower to monitor climate change in the Amazon
NEWS: Taller than the Eiffel Tower, the observatory will capture vital data on how climate change is impacting the rainforest
US and UK call on UN science panel to stress climate risks
NEWS: Comments on draft IPCC ‘synthesis’ report show governments want to make clear the dangers of global warming
Sea level could rise ‘height of man’ by 2100
NEWS: Scientists say sea level unlikely to rise beyond 1.8m by end of century – a rise still disastrous for tropical fishermen
Sweden rated as ‘world’s greenest country’
NEWS: New report ranks countries’ green performance, next to how well they’re perceived to be performing