Researchers suspect soot from fires in India and China ‘probably’ responsible for a third of glacial retreat in Himalaya
Working output could be reduced by 20% in USA if high end predictions of global warming become reality
Water scarcity in the world’s ‘third pole’ could be exacerbated by climate change
UK Met Office report suggests human influence affected rainy seasons in East Africa ahead of catastrophic drought
Ivy League university says a switch to an energy system that extracts more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits could be necessary
New method of growing rice has achieved significantly larger harvests while reducing the need for fertilisers and curbing emissions of greenhouse gases
Former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Bob Watson says global average temperatures could reach 5°C above their pre-industrial level
Arctic sea ice levels dropped 9% in the winter between 2003 and 2012 according to analysis from the American Geophysical Union
The melting of Arctic ice frozen for many thousands or even millions of years is speeding up, a potential route for carbon frozen deep below ground level
Kathmandu teacher Vishnu Dangi offers a view of the challenges climate change and environmental degradation poses his country
Scientist says Amazon rainforest less likely to succumb to die-off of trees, because main greenhouse gas could act as a powerful fertiliser
Scientists from the University of Adelaide say more than a century of records provide statistically significant proof that global rainfall is increasing
University of Bonn report suggests warming seas may mean tiny marine creatures can help repair coral reefs damaged by climate change
US farms could be devastated by climate change, says a study by the country’s Department of Agriculture
New study in Nature Climate Change reveals the humble worm increase carbon dioxide emissions from the soil by 33%
Scientists believe the ozone hole is threatening the Antarctic ocean’s ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide
New findings by Norwegian scientists suggest global temperatures may not rise as much as scientists have predicted
New research from Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests heat generated by cities can warm regions thousands of miles away
Scientists identify global warming as the most likely cause of disappearing glaciers in the tropical Andes
Sustained period of record breaking weather likely to form part of global warming trend says IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri