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Entire Greenland ice sheet now unstable
May 01, 2014
Written by
Harley Rustad
The last remaining stable region of the Greenland ice sheet is no longer stable, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change
Tectonics versus twitter
May 01, 2014
Written by
Daniel Allen
Residents on the slopes of Indonesia’s volatile Mount Merapi are employing an innovative, high-tech approach to disaster prevention and relief
Malaria origin updated
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A new study has rewritten the origin story for Plasmodium vivax, the second-worst malaria parasite of humans
A green and melting land
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Keith Wilson
Whether it’s the spectacle of a calving iceberg, the fantastic array of wildlife or the sheer vastness of the landscape, Greenland offers a range of unique opportunities for photographers
Warm river water melting Arctic sea ice
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A new NASA study has found that the heat from warm river water draining into the Arctic Ocean is contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice each summer
Equatorial fish at risk as water warms
Apr 01, 2014
Written by
Charlie Furniss
Climate change is threatening the survival of fish that live near the equator, according to a new study by scientists at James Cook University in Queensland
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
Unnatural acts
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Geordie Torr
From the arrival of the first snowdrop to the fall of the last autumn leaf, the timing of seasonal events is changing, as are the ranges of countless species, all evidence of climate change’s impact on the natural world
The devil and the deep blue sea
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Mark Rowe
The world’s oceans are absorbing about 90 per cent of the heat being added to the globe by climate change and up to a third of the carbon dioxide we’re producing, with potentially catastrophic consequences
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
A continent in pieces
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Mark Rowe
Temperatures are rising rapidly in parts of Antarctica, but the overall picture of the way in which the frozen continent and its inhabitants are responding to climate change is still incomplete
A clear signal
Mar 01, 2014
Written by
Mark Rowe
With the summer ice melting and temperatures rising at unprecedented rates, scientists are all but certain that changes taking place in the Arctic can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change
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