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Climate change blamed as erratic downpours hit Pakistan’s harvests
NEWS: Late rains were unusually heavy this year, say local farmers, affecting winter crops of wheat, oilseed and potato
Warming oceans storing up long term climate impacts, says WMO
NEWS: Sea surface temperatures warmer than average across parts of Pacific and Atlantic in 2014, says UN weather agency
Arctic sea ice falls to new winter low as climate fears intensify
NEWS: Warming temperatures across North Pole credited with falling ice levels, months before UN primed to deliver climate pact in Paris
Antarctic snowfall set to increase as region warms
NEWS: More snow could fall in Antarctica, with the ice that builds up flowing to the ocean and raising sea levels
EU demand for leather, soy and palm oil driving illegal deforestation
NEWS: Campaigners say bloc must tighten import laws, citing loss of 2.4 million hectares of tropical forests to farmers and industry
World’s carbon emission growth levelled off in 2014
NEWS: Carbon levels still rising fast but IEA says stall in last 12 months indicates new clean energy policies may be having an impact
Soaring population increases flood and drought threat to cities
NEWS: As cities expand, scientists predict an increase in urban land vulnerable either to flooding or drought by 2030
IPCC calling: Who will head up the UN’s top climate science body?
BRIEFING: Three candidates have been nominated to succeed Rajendra Pachauri as chair of the IPCC, with seven months to the election
Himalayas count cost of damage from soot, methane and HFCs
NEWS: Impact of short lived pollutants likely to be felt across Indian subcontinent as Himalayan melt accelerates
Global warming raises California’s drought vulnerability
NEWS: US researchers say climate change, not random chance, is likely to be causing California’s long drought, one of the worst on record
Climate change a likely factor in Syria civil war
NEWS: Researchers link climate to drought that affected Syria nearly a decade ago − and helped spark country’s conflict
Scientists confirm ‘critical link’ between CO2 emissions and warming
NEWS: High-precision field instruments in the US have provided the first real-time “action shots” of the increasing impact of CO2
Natural ocean cycles behind global warming pause, say scientists
NEWS: Temperatures may be rising more slowly than expected because of two oceanic cycles lasting half a century
Ocean acidification attack on algae damaging marine ecosystems
NEWS: Development of group of alga may be stunted as oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, with widespread effects for marine life, say scientists
Rajendra Pachauri allegations will not affect IPCC work, say officials
NEWS: UN climate science panel says it will examine its policies on harassment in light of Pachauri harassment allegations
Scientists to deploy ocean cameras as acidification fears mount
NEWS: Thermal cameras could measure ocean temperatures, while microwave sensors could measure ocean salinity, say scientists
China’s coal use fell 2.9% in 2014
NEWS: New government statistics indicate significant drop in coal use, with 0.7% drop in 2014 emissions projected by analysts
Global warming likely to accelerate after “pause”, say scientists
NEWS: Scientists says 1% chance of two decade hiatus – but once it ends, expect rapid rise in temperatures to begin
Air pollution crackdown will reduce climate uncertainty – study
NEWS: A decline in levels of aerosols in the atmosphere will make it easier to forecast the speed of climate change, scientists have found
New NASA satellite promises EPIC photos and climate insights
NEWS: NASA’s newly launched DSCOVR tool will send back climate data and Earth photos from a million miles away