Research
Scientists warn of El Nino ‘devastation’ if global temperatures rise
Frequency of most severe El Nino cycle could double, posing severe test for USA, Indonesia and Australia
Geoengineering lacks popular support say researchers
Scientists are increasingly looking to more radical schemes to curb global warming, but the more radical proposals are not liked by the general public
UK has made largest contribution to global warming says study
Based on size of population, Britain is a world leader in greenhouse gas emissions, largely due to its historic use of coal
Leaked UN climate report calls for rapid switch to clean energy
Limiting global warming to safe levels could cost 4% of global output says study, warning emissions must drop 40-70%
Obama faces Congress challenge as US ‘climate scepticism’ rises 7%
Yale study reveals slight increase in climate scepticism as Republican Senators try to block emission reduction measures
Climate and nuclear threats leave world ‘five minutes to midnight’
Doomsday Clock at ‘five minutes to midnight’ say scientists in letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon
Women and under-30s most concerned about climate change
Survey of 700 global experts offers intriguing glimpse into risk perception in latest World Economic Forum study
Public’s climate change concerns ‘shaped by weather outside’
Research indicates convictions about climate change are largely shaped by the weather outside – because that’s the most immediate data we can find
Europe to suffer more intense droughts by 2100, say scientists
Despite recent floods, research by scientists says droughts are set to increase across Europe due to climate change
Jumping snails could lose ability to jump as CO2 rises
Jumping conch snails could become more vulnerable to predators as rising CO2 damages their nervous systems
Europe’s floods trump Haiyan as the costliest natural disaster of 2013
Natural catastrophes in 2013 incurred an overall bill of US$ 125bn says leading insurer
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
US deep freeze sparks fierce climate change exchanges
Donald Trump and Republicans use sub-zero winter temperatures across the US to mock global warming
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
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
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
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