Climate science
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
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