Climate science
Funding crisis places future of Keeling Curve in jeopardy
The Keeling Curve has measured atmospheric CO2 since 1958, but without urgent funding climate science would lose a vital tool
London climate resilience tested as flood barrier rises 11th time in 11 days
Thames Barrier shuts for 11th time in 11 days as rains and high tides combine to threaten capital
US deep freeze sparks fierce climate change exchanges
Donald Trump and Republicans use sub-zero winter temperatures across the US to mock global warming
UK suffers the stormiest December since 1969
Storms blast through the UK with renewed vigour, causing flooding and transport problems across the country
Australia’s scorcher: why was 2013 so hot?
Last year was Australia’s hottest since records began. Graphs from the Bureau of Meteorology show how the temperature’s rising
Breaking news: there is ice in Antarctica
Sceptics may laugh at the irony of climate scientists getting stuck in ice, but it still doesn’t disprove climate change
Coal ‘largest contributor’ to Beijing’s deadly smog
Thursday’s top 5: Fossil fuels cause 69% of Beijing haze, Chinese helicopter reaches Antarctic ship, and North Dakota train fire fuels Keystone debate
Earth on course to warm 4C by 2100
New study suggests warming temperatures will mean fewer clouds, leading to more sunlight heating the planet’s surface
Carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990
The world’s emissions of the main greenhouse gas produced by human activities, carbon dioxide, in 2013 are expected to be nearly two-thirds higher than in 1990
Warming winters send Florida’s mangroves north
Mangroves are colonising new areas in northern Florida, moving up the coast because the frequency of very frosty days is falling
Drought will be 20% more frequent by end of century say scientists
Research team says many more people will go short of water as the world warms, but who and where, remains uncertain
Amazon forest loss threatens Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Ecudaor
Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit, campaigners say
Scientists dismiss solar link to medieval ‘Little Ice Age’
Solar activity unlikely to have caused historic climate change, say University of Edinburgh scientists, who pin changes on volcanic activity instead
Climate change could crush East Africa’s agricultural economy – report
Periods of prolonged drought will mean there will be less food for Africa’s rapidly expanding population, says a new report
West Antarctic ice loss has accelerated over past four years
Rate of ice loss from West Antarctic has accelerated sharply, European scientists say, causing global sea levels to rise by 15% more than previously thought
Will REDD+ be the saviour of the world’s rainforests?
RTCC speaks to five REDD+ experts to see what the rainforest preservation scheme has achieved, and where it goes from here
Arctic melt likely to affect citizens in EU and USA
Weather extremes in temperate countries may be down to melting of Arctic snow and ice, according to Chinese and American scientists
Russian Parliament grants Greenpeace Arctic 30 ‘amnesty’
Campaigners set to return home to families for Christmas, although fate of four Russian colleagues still unclear
Norway commits $100m to World Bank forest protection scheme
Funds will allow Congo Basin countries to start developing national strategies to reduce rainforest destruction
Italian alpine melt confirmed by ice core find
Evidence from high in the Italian Alps confirms that they are warming at twice the global rate, with the region’s glaciers in retreat everywhere