ClimateChange

Graham Readfearn: Study finds overwhelming scientific consensus that humans have caused global warming, but media still hasn't caught up

Recent months have seen a long list of institutions and individuals—many rather unexpected, some powerful—speaking out in favor of action on climate change.

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Global warming has accelerated, however most of this warming (over 93%) has gone into the ocean - the Earth's largest heat reservoir. An important development has been the uprecedented warming of the deep ocean in recent years.

An illustrator finds ways to bring to life largely invisible environmental conditions and trends.

Former chair of the IPCC says global average temperatures could reach 5°C above their pre-industrial level.

This article suggests that the current atmospheric CO2 level is already triggering amplifying feedbacks from the Earth system and therefore, in themselves, efforts at reduction in atmospheric CO2-emission are no longer sufficient to prevent further...

Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says

Warming the planet is inevitable, likely leading to an omnicidal event. Staggering numbers of reports agree. Is it at all possible to apply the brakes?

Climate campaigners are keen on getting people to change their behavior. Now a team of experts has shared a short, simple slideshow on the common mistakes made by aspiring behavior-changers.

Many Bangladeshis have relocated from the vanishing island of Kutubdia in the Bay of Bengal to Cox's Bazaar. But they are being asked to move once again as sea levels rise

The concentration of carbon in the atmosphere over the next few days is expected to hit record levels

For the first time in human history, concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) could rise above 400 parts per million (ppm) for sustained lengths of time throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere as soon as May 2013.

The officially appointed Climate Change Committee warns the UK's CO2 emissions are rising, not falling as ministers claim.

A global temperature rise of just 1. 5 °C destroyed much of Siberia's permafrost, suggesting that large-scale melting is just around the corner

This article is a reprint of a news release posted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Jan 24, 2013.

Anonymous billionaires donated $120m to more than 100 anti-climate groups working to discredit climate change science

A "global disaster" is unfolding rapidly in the Arctic as melting sea ice kick starts global warming feedback loops.

BP's new report claims our "most likely" future is a climate disaster packed with lots more oil, coal and methane burning.

A paper recently published in Global Environmental Change by Brysse et al.