CLIMATE
African dust affects India's rainfall
May 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
New study published in Nature Geoscience establishes link between atmospheric dust and strength of monsoon rains falling on Indian subcontinent
Volcanoes contributed to warming hiatus
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Charlie Furniss
Volcanic eruptions that took place during the early part of the 21st century have contributed to the hiatus in global warming
Trade winds cause hiatus
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A new study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that an unprecedented strengthening of the equatorial trade winds has played a major role in the observed pause in surface warming
More hot days in hot regions
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Charlie Furniss
Extremely hot temperatures over land have increased in number and area, despite the hiatus in global warming, according to a new study
The tide is turning
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Mark Rowe
Extreme weather, rising sea levels and slowly altering local climates are affecting an increasing number of people around the world, from the Pacific to the Arctic. Even the West is feeling the pinch
Food for thought
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Hazel Southam
Whether it’s increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, the spread of pests and pathogens or the impact of sea-level rise, climate change is making life increasingly precarious for farmers around the world
Mind over matter
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Stepham Lewandowsky & Lorraine Whitmarsh
Cognitive science and psychology can help to explain why there’s a persistent gap between the established facts of climate science and their wider public acceptance
The big melt
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Geordie Torr
All over the world, mountain glaciers are in retreat, providing one of the clearest and most unambiguous signals that climate change is already under way
Droughts and flooding rains
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Kit Gillet
Making long-term predictions about precipitation is virtually impossible. But scientists believe that the recent proliferation of heavy rainfall events and heatwaves is proof that climate change is taking hold
Ozone hole still not shrinking
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Declining chlorine levels in the stratosphere haven’t yet led to the recovery of the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica, according to two new NASA studies
'Missing heat' found
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
Suggestions that global warming has slowed or even stopped are in doubt following the publication of a new study that has identified the ‘missing heat’ in the global climate system
Growth of coal use sees carbon emissions reach record high
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Strong growth in coal consumption has consolidated the fuel as the main source of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Global Carbon Project’s (GCP) annual analysis of global carbon emissions
Solar activity not a major factor in global warming
Jan 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
Neither solar activity nor the Sun’s blocking of cosmic rays is responsible for significant global warming, says a study in Environmental Research Letters
East Asia's climate change impact estimated
Dec 01, 2013
Written by
Harley Rustad
Rising sea levels, more intense drought and severe storms caused by climate change will put about 12 million people in 23 East Asian cities at risk and jeopardise US$864billion in assets
European climate change variation mapped
Nov 01, 2013
Written by
Olivia Edward
Parts of Europe have seen the temperatures of their hottest days and coldest nights increase by more than four times the global average change since 1950, according to a new study
Australian rain halted sea-level rise
Oct 01, 2013
Written by
Olivia Edward
So much rain fell on Australia in 2010 and 2011 that the global sea-level not only stopped rising, but actually dropped measurably, according to a new study
Moss reveals Antarctic changes
Oct 01, 2013
Written by
Olivia Edward
Careful analysis of a 150-year-old moss bank on the Antarctic Peninsula has revealed an unprecedented rate of ecological change since the 1960s, driven by warming temperatures
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