State of the climate: First quarter of 2020 is second warmest on record
This year is shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record – if not the warmest. This is particularly noteworthy because 2020 is likely ... Read More
State of the climate: Low sea ice and near-record warmth define 2019 to date
This year is shaping up to be the second warmest on record for most surface temperature datasets, behind only the super-El Niño year of 2016. This is... Read More
The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Terry Hughes
Prof Terry Hughes is the director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsvill... Read More
Deforestation and drought threaten carbon storage in Borneo’s rainforests
Carbon storage in Borneo’s tropical rainforests faces a dual threat from deforestation for agriculture and droughts caused by El Niño events, a new... Read More
‘Extreme’ El Niños to double in frequency under 1.5C of warming, 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 East Africa, and severe ... Read More
El Niño shifts cholera burden onto East Africa
In 2015-16, one of the strongest El Niño events in recorded history played havoc with the world’s weather. Among its impacts, heavy rainfall brough... Read More
Interactive: How much does El Niño affect global temperature?
Every day, thousands of measurements are taken across the world by weather stations, ships, satellites, floating buoys and weather balloons. Scientist... Read More
Zika outbreak ‘fuelled by’ El Niño and climate change
The combination of a strong El Niño event and human-caused climate change created optimal conditions for the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in Sou... Read More
Scientists confirm multiple climate records broken in 2015
Last year saw records in the Earth’s climate system continue to tumble, says the latest State of the Climate report from the US National Oceanic and... Read More
Scientists: 2016 likely to be hottest year on record despite looming La Niña
The phenomenon known as El Niño, which combined with human-caused warming to supercharge global temperature in 2015/16 and brought chaotic weather wo... Read More
Analysis: How much did El Niño boost global temperature in 2015?
Almost as soon as the news broke that 2015 was the hottest year in the modern record, the conversation quickly turned to how much of the record-breaki... Read More
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