Global warming could push tropical forest leaves past a ‘critical temperature’
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The study, published in Nature, combines ground, satellite and modelling data to assess how close the leaves in tropical…
The study, published in Nature, combines ground, satellite and modelling data to assess how close the leaves in tropical…
The final part of the world’s most comprehensive assessment of climate change – which details the “unequivocal” role of humans…
Methane emissions from wetlands have risen faster this century than in even the most pessimistic climate scenarios, new…
The research, published in Nature, uses modelling to map how climate change could shift the geographic ranges of 3,100 mammals…
Climate change is driving new encounters between mammal species, raising the risk of more diseases like COVID-19, says a new…
Mammals forced to move to cooler climes amid global warming are “already” spreading their viruses further – with “undoubtable…
Mammals forced to move to cooler climes amid global warming are “already” spreading their viruses further – with “undoubtable…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, is a scientific body created in 1988 by the World Meteorological…
Relying heavily on land use to tackle climate change could slow the decline in global hunger, according to new research…
A scientific briefing that UK prime minister Boris Johnson says changed his mind about global warming has been made public for…
The growing range of three economically important crops – avocados, cashews and coffee – will undergo significant shifts under…
The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas[ing] down unabated coal”.
The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas[ing] down unabated coal”.
The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to "phasing down unabated coal".
By Kian Mintz-Woo for The Conversation The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas[ing] down unabated coal”.
The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to ‘phas[ing] down unabated coal’.
By Kian Mintz-Woo, Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork Cork (Ireland), Dec 7 (The…
By Kian Mintz-Woo, Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork Cork (Ireland), Dec 7 (The…
The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas[ing] down unabated coal”.
The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas[ing] down unabated coal”.
ここ数年、気候科学者、経済学者、エネルギーシステムモデル研究者による国際チームは、次の100年ほどの間に世界の社会、人口動態、経済がどのように変化するかを検討するために、さまざまな新しい「経路(pathway)」を構築してきました。これらは総称して「共通社会…
Efforts to manage climate risks in the UK have been “underfunded and ignored” leaving the nation vulnerable to rising…
At least 40% of the European Union’s agricultural imports will be “highly vulnerable” to drought by 2050, new research finds.
"Stratification periods" are a seasonal separation of water into layers. Scientists expect that the average seasonal lake…
New research shows that lake “stratification periods” – a seasonal separation of water into layers – will last longer in a…
Climate change is causing lake heatwaves to become more frequent, intense and long-lasting, a new study warns.
Climate change is causing “lake heatwaves” to become more frequent, intense and long-lasting, a new study warns.
Greenland’s vast ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over the 21st century, according to a new study.
Greenland’s vast ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over the 21st century, according to a new study.
The most recent update to ClimateScore Global™ cemented Jupiter as the first provider of climate data from the sixth Coupled…
Adam Federma n 11.02.2020 08:50 AM A long-gestating idea to limit the use of climate modeling at the US Geological Survey is…
The world’s use of nitrogen fertilisers for food production could threaten efforts to keep global warming below 2C above pre-indu…
Over the past two decades, Greeland's ice sheet has been losing ice at a rate of around 6,100bn tonnes per century.
The scale of loss from the Greenland ice sheet will be higher this century than in any other over the past 12,000 years, a new…
This year has seen exceptional warmth across much of the Arctic, with record high temperatures recorded in Svalbard, the…
A study, published in Earth's Future, examined how climate change could shape water stress across international borders.
The number of people exposed to water stress could double by 2050 if efforts are not made to keep global warming below 2C above…
Scientists making climate-change projections have to deal with a number of uncertainties.
The research, published inNature, finds that uncontrolled climate change would see tropical ocean ecosystems exposed to…
Swift global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could prevent the “abrupt” collapse of ecosystems, which may otherwise…
There are almost 22,000km² of glacier ice in the Himalaya, the spectacular arc of mountains that stretches from north-west…
How the West Antarctic ice sheet responsed to climate change is a major source of uncertainity for long-term sea level…
Thawing permafrost could release it's stored carbon into the atmosphere. Climate-change mitigation has the potential to slow or…
Between its east and west ice sheets and its peninsula, Antarctica holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 60m.
Across vast swaths of the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, frozen ground holds billions of tonnes of carbon.
SCIENCE | February 10. 2020. 8:00 Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change The persistent…
How new meltwater lakes are accelerating shrinkage of glaciers in the Himalaya Owen King, University of St Andrews There are…
Owen King, University of St Andrews There are almost 22,000km² of glacier ice in the Himalaya, the spectacular arc of mountains…
From our Obsession Climate Consciousness Every decision counts. There are almost 22,000km² of glacier ice in the Himalaya, the…
– By Owen King, Research Fellow School of Geography
There are almost 22,000km² of glacier ice in the Himalaya, the spectacular arc of mountains that stretches from north-west…
There are almost 22,000km² of glacier ice in the Himalaya, the spectacular arc of mountains that stretches from north-west…
There are almost 22,000km² of glacier ice in the Himalaya, the spectacular arc of mountains that stretches from north-west…
Climate models are one of the primary means for scientists to understand how the climate has changed in the past and may change…
Global greenhouse gas emissions up to 2030 could be enough to raise sea levels by more than one metre by 2300, a new study…
Global greenhouse gas emissions up to 2030 could be enough to raise sea levels by more than one metre by 2300, a new study…
A sizable portion of recent studies on future climate impacts have focused on a future warming scenario called “RCP8.5”.
More than half of the world could see new temperature records set in every single year by the end of the century if global…
More than half of the world could see new temperature records set in every single year by the end of the century if global…
More than half of the world could see new temperature records set in every single year by the end of the century if global…
Nearly one billion people could face “their first exposure” to a host of mosquito-borne diseases by 2080 under extreme global…
Nearly one billion people could face “their first exposure” to a host of mosquito-borne diseases by 2080 under extreme global…
A widely reported study in 2016 that suggested Antarctica could add more than a metre to sea levels by 2100 was likely an “overes…
Since the National Climate Assessment dropped on Black Friday, members of the Trump administration have inaccurately attacked…
Since the National Climate Assessment dropped on Black Friday, members of the Trump administration have inaccurately attacked…
As little as 14,000 years ago, lions roamed across most of Earth’s continents, including Europe, Asia and the Americas.
In two recent interviews, President Donald Trump said he is not convinced that climate change is due to human activity, and he…
On the eastern coast of Gibraltar, steep cliffs conceal a network of caves containing artwork and engravings that were created…
Dr Phillip Williamson is an honorary reader at the University of East Anglia and science coordinator of the UK Greenhouse Gas…
INFOGRAPHICS | September 26. 2018. 15:10 Mapped: How every part of the world has warmed – and could continue to warm Climate…
An additional 290 million people could face malnutrition by 2050 if little is done to stop the rise of greenhouse gas emissions…
Such a surge in heatwaves could push marine organisms and ecosystems to the limits of the resilience and even beyond, which…
Marine heatwaves could become 41 times more likely across the globe by 2100 than in pre-industrial times if little is done to…
The research finds that using a blanket carbon tax to restrict global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels which is the…
How much sea levels will rise, and how soon, is a matter of ongoing debate in the scientific community.
The implementation of a global tax on greenhouse gas emissions could – without other complementary policies – “have a greater…
As part of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community committed in 2015 to limit rising global…
As part of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community committed in 2015 to limit rising global…
The combined effects of global warming and land-use change could cause the world’s ecosystems to lose more than a third of…
Over the past few years, an international team of climate scientists, economists and energy systems modellers have built a…
While such “internal” climate migration is often overlooked compared to international migration, it could lead to new and…
As many as 143 million people in three of the world’s most vulnerable regions could be forced by 2050 to migrate within their…
The arduous journey that king penguins must make in order to hunt fish to bring back to their young could become even longer as…
Failure to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement within the next few decades could have long-lasting impacts on global sea…
The Cuvette Centrale peatlands stretch across an area of central Africa that is larger than the size of England and stores as…
Just over a year ago, scientists announced the discovery of the world’s largest intact tropical peatland in a remote part of…
In the first article of a week-long series focused on climate modelling, Carbon Brief explains in detail how scientists use…
Peaks of the Tien Shan, one of many regions in Asia’s high mountains with predictions of massive glacier loss by the end of the…
The global energy system is in a state of flux. Renewables are experiencing rapid deployment and steep pricefalls.
Some of the world’s most diverse coral reefs are found in cooler parts of the tropics.
Climate change could threaten the food supply of bamboo lemurs, new research finds, leaving the animals vulnerable to starvation.
Bringing “extreme” poverty to an end will not jeopardise the chances of limiting global warming to 2C above pre-industrial…
Dr Joeri Rogelj is a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, and a…
Dr Richard Millar is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Oxford Martin Net Zero Carbon Investment Initiative at the…
These glaciers provide water to at least 800 million people living in Asia. However, it could be too late to save all of Asia’s…
Keeping global temperature rise to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could ensure that two-thirds of the ice stored…
As many as one in three parasites could become extinct as a result of climate change by 2070, new research suggests.
Climate change could push peak electricity demand from winter to summer in most European countries, a new study says.
The El Niño event of 2015-16 was one of the strongest on record, bringing flooding to much of South America, southern US and…
. 8:00 Analysis: Just four years left of the 1.5C carbon budget Four years of current emissions would be enough to blow what’s…