Climate science
Photo of the week #26 – The threat of climate change on seal pups
This week’s photo of the week focuses on the risks of climate change to the survival of the seal.
Only one in five of Generation X in USA concerned about climate change
News survey of Generation X adults living in the USA found only 1 in 5 are concerned about climate change, and around half pay little or no attention at all to issue.
Could climate change answer lie 20,000 leagues under the sea?
Ocean geoengineering technique to grow and sink phytoplankton blooms gets thumbs up in new study.
Climate change most significant threat to Antarctic ecosystems, say researchers
Article in Science maps the future threats to Antarctic ecosystems and finds global climate change a particular worry for the region’s conservation.
Photo of the Week #25: The plight of the butterfly
This week’s photo of the week from the IUCN shows the threats facing butterflies in the UK.
Five places to visit before they are gone forever
The world is changing rapidly due to human activities – we’ve chosen five places you must try and see before their unique qualities are lost forever
Scientists link British winter heat & Texas drought of 2011 to climate change – but not Thailand floods
Climate change is increasing the chances of extreme weather events, according to a new report from from scientists at the UK Met Office and the USA’s NOAA.
Climate Live: Great Barrier Reef will be “boring” with climate change, new solutions for nuclear waste in UK and Canada’s scientists march in protest
The latest international climate change news, debate and video from RTCC.
Pacific reefs heading towards regional collapse from climate change
New research warns climate change could be pushing coral reef systems in the Eastern Pacific towards a regional collapse like that witnessed 4000 years ago which took reefs 2500 years to recover from.
Cartoon #3 – Climate change and extreme weather
The latest featured World Meteorological Organisation Calendar cartoon, representing the threat of extreme weather events as a result of of climate change.
What the Higgs Boson tells us about climate change science
The respectful reverence for the scientists at the Large Hadron Collider is in stark contrast to the suspicion and accusation faced by climate scientists. The difference is politics.
Jude Law and band Radiohead join Campaign to Save the Arctic with new Greenpeace video
The actor and band both collaborate with the NGO in a new video depicting the plight of the Arctic’s most iconic symbol; the Polar Bear.
Climate Live: Climate change damage to be felt for centuries, Greenpeace launch new Arctic film and can Higgs Boson give hope to climate scientists?
The latest international climate change news, debate and video from RTCC.
CO2 emissions will impact climate for centuries to come, Carnegie Institution for Science report predicts
New study which examines pre-industrial revolution emissions finds they still impact climate today, warning current emissions’ impacts will last for centuries
Would a CCS leak be as damaging as the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster?
Carbon Capture and Storage still remains on the of the most viable technologies to aid climate change mitigation, but what would be the impacts of a CO2 leakage in the world’s oceans?
Climate change could cause Leatherback turtle populations in Costa Rica to collapse by 2100
Eastern Pacific populations of Leatherback turtles could drop 75% by the end of the century as a result of climate change, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.
A week in climate change: Five things we learnt
In a Rio+20 special, we take a look back over at the news over the last seven days from both the Earth Summit negotiations and beyond to find out what we can learn from events this week.
South Australia to get “hotter and drier” from climate change, warns report
New report warns urgent adaptation is needed for local communities in South Australia to deal with hotter and drier conditions from climate change.
Good news: We have four environmental winners from Rio+20
What environmental frontiers emerged as the winners from the Rio+20 outcome document?
Photo of the week #24: Biodiversity & climate change, the last tree standing
This week’s photo of the week, the plight of disappearing woodland.