Fish species are shifting their ranges around the world in response to warming oceans, a trend that could have significant economic ramifications globally.
The prospect of a seasonally ice-free Arctic has sparked a scramble for influence in the region. America’s new strategy highlights conflicting goals.
NOAA’s latest ‘Arctic Report Card’ warns that the region may have already passed a key threshold into a new state, with serious global consequences.
Obama’s re-election means a renewed focus on climate change. But what can he do, and will it be enough?
Global warming made Hurricane Sandy more destructive than it otherwise would have been, through sea level rise, warmer ocean temperatures, and other influences.
The so-called ‘Frankenstorm’ is unparallelled in its geographical scope, the hazards it unleashed, and the record storm surge it caused. Is climate change to blame?
A new study argues that by focusing on the 2°C goal, UN climate negotiators inadvertently guaranteed that their efforts would fail.
The emerging science points to a complex interplay between manmade global warming, natural climate variability, and sea ice dynamics that scientists are only beginning to understand.
A recent study has found that global warming’s effects – particularly drought – will increasingly limit the capacity of America’s power plants.
An unusually widespread Greenland ice melt event has links to ‘heat dome’ and long-term manmade global warming.
At the end of June, about 56 per cent of America’s lower 48 states were in moderate-to-extreme drought – the largest-hit area since the 1950s.
The Arctic lost a record 2.85 million km2 of ice in June – an area about as large as Alaska, California, Florida, and Texas combined.
Two new reports present a peer reviewed tour through the extreme weather and climate events of 2011 and conclude that mankind’s influence of manmade global warming on the climate system continues to grow, and the probability of extreme weather events is also increasing. Plus: Australian experts add their views.
New study shows reflectivity of Greenland’s ice sheet is at record low and “self-reinforcing feedback loop that amplifies warming” may begin.
Newly formed coalition aims to cut emissions of climate warming pollution that acts on shorter timescales than carbon dioxide.
Meeting the IPCC’s strictest emissions reduction scenario would require the average person to cut their meat consumption in half by 2050.
Without some serious adaptation and mitigation efforts, studies show climate change could cripple transportation in New York City.
Scientist Peter Gleik’s role in leaking documents from the climate sceptical Heartland Institute has elicited strong reactions from both sides of the fence.
