Climate science Archives

Global warming ‘hard to reverse’ say scientists

Simulation suggests that even halting greenhouse gas emissions could still leave the Earth’s average temperature rising

Met Office summary for UN climate summit reveals recent pause in temperature rise not unusual, with more likely in future

This year’s round of international climate negotiations weren’t all doom and gloom. We’ve chosen five outcomes worth celebrating

Study published in Science indicates Pacific is now warming 15 times faster than any time in last 10,000 years

Authors warn of “major risk of a further downward spiral in ambition, a retreat from action”

New report warns of soaring CO2 emissions as governments gather in Warsaw to hammer out global climate change treaty

Stanford University reports majority in every state polled wants limits on greenhouse gas emissions

Over last 12 years Earth lost approximately 2.3 million square kilometers of forest – an area slightly smaller than Argentina

Over 1.4 billion acres of dense forest make up the Amazon basin producing one quarter of the world’s oxygen supply

World Meteorological Organisation says that rising sea levels and surface ocean temperatures will cause more extreme typhoons in the future

CO2 emissions are set to rise by 20% but energy efficiency measures could help curb this increase

No silver bullet for tackling climate change, but society needs to accept the urgency to adapt, US scientists say

Chief of UN climate science body says negotiators should base their discussions on the scientific findings of recent IPCC AR5 report

Solar cells are more receptive to high pitched sounds including office printers – but not classical music

Science review: engineers debate climate impacts, NASA starts ice survey & warming links to dwarfism explored

WMO says 2012 a record year for greenhouse gas concentrations, and that the trend continues to accelerate

Deep cuts to global greenhouse gas levels required by 2020 says UN, but says avoiding 2C of warming is still possible

The false widow is old news. Here is RTCC’s selection of creatures you should be worried about as the world warms up

Scientists have discovered that a change in atmospheric conditions could have serious consequences for soil chemistry