Climate science
Earth on course for hottest year since 1880
NEWS: Global heat records fall as month by month data from US federal agency indicates world is warming
Arctic ice melt sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C
NEWS: Scientists in the northern Alaska outpost of Barrow have linked 7C temperature rise to the decline in Arctic sea ice
Sahel faces food crisis as population surges towards one billion
NEWS: Human numbers are rising in one of the world’s driest regions, but harvest levels could suffer from climate change
Biodiversity: the ‘stepchild’ of international talks
INTERVIEW: With little hard cash on the table at UN summit, biodiversity champions seek to link up with mainstream agendas
Natural gas boom will not slow climate change – study
NEWS: Research from five countries shows a gas glut will make no difference to global warming
Concern mounts in Marshall Islands as high tides swamp capital
NEWS: Majuro counts cost of latest flooding as 30 ‘Pacific Warriors’ set off for Australia in canoes to highlight concerns
Climate adaptation brings men back to women-only village
NEWS: How tackling water scarcity in Burkina Faso brought men, a beer brewing business and a donkey to village of women
Washington DC could face 300 floods a year by 2045 – study
NEWS: East Coast states need to plan for increased frequency of tidal flooding caused by rising sea levels, say scientists
Ocean acidification causes US$1trn of damage a year – study
NEWS: Some 400 million people depend on threatened coral reefs for their livelihoods, British scientists warn at UN meeting
Extra heat found in oceans explains global warming ‘pause’
NEWS: Much more heat is being absorbed by the world’s oceans in some regions than previously thought, find scientists
UN: Expand marine protection zones to cope with climate threat
NEWS: Warming waters and acidification are steadily degrading the planet’s oceans, says new study
China emissions rising on high-carbon economic growth
NEWS: Economic success story has been driven by investment in high carbon sectors such as cement and steel, find researchers
Climate consensus: scientists and sceptics suspend hostilities
NEWS: Twitter adversaries meet over dinner to discuss the climate debate, and why everyone hates each other so much
UN climate change talks: 2C or not 2C?
COMMENT: Ditching the 2C goal is like doctors dithering over a critically ill patient, say Climate Analytics
Greenland ice melt likely to accelerate say scientists
NEWS: Vast ice sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, say scientists
US calls for ‘Sputnik’ style drive to save Arctic
NEWS: The US will make climate change its top priority as chair of the Arctic Council, says US Arctic envoy
Save mangroves for people, planet and the economy, says UN
NEWS: Destroying mangrove forests will cost $2 billion a year up to 2050 and contribute to climate change, says UNEP
UK set for driest September since records began
NEWS: Provisional Met Office figures suggest that this September will be UK’s driest since at least 1910
WWF: Wildlife populations down 50% in last 40 years
NEWS: Exploitation, habitat degradation and climate change blamed as numbers of lions, snakes and monkeys plummet
How climate change affected the world’s weather in 2013
NEWS: Scientific review shows heatwaves in China, Japan, Korea and Australia were made more likely by global warming