NATURE
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
Sahara's wildlife has suffered severe declines
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
The Sahara Desert has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations, according to a new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London
Schistosome range to shrink
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Climate change could make the parasite Schistosoma mansoni, which causes schistosomiasis, significantly less common in the future, according to a new international study
Rain killing peregrines
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
An increase in the frequency of heavy rain brought on by warmer summer temperatures is proving deadly for young peregrine falcons in the Canadian Arctic
Migration watch
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Keith Wilson
Cold, damp and dark winter days may not appear the best conditions for photographers, but now is the best time to catch some of the British Isles’ most celebrated avian visitors, particularly in one of the country’s many nature reserves
Large quantities of freshwater found beneath seafloor
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A team of scientists has discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the world’s oceans
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
East Antarctica sliding west
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Melting of West Antarctica’s ice cap is causing its bedrock to shift sideways, according to a new study
Melting ice causing North Pole to move
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
Climate-change related alterations to the Earth’s rotation are causing the position of the North Pole to shift, according to a new study
Mystery of Japanese earthquake solved
Feb 01, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A new study has revealed some of the factors that made the submarine earthquake that set off the devastating tsunami that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in March 2011 so strong
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