Global warming could be causing tropical storms to ‘slow down and last longer’
Rising global temperatures could be causing tropical storms to slow down, allowing them more time to unleash heavy rainfall once making landfall, a... Read More
Limiting global warming to 1.5C would have ‘significant economic benefits’
Holding global temperature rise to 1.5C would lead to significant economic benefits by the end of the century, a new paper suggests. ... Read More
Explainer: What climate models tell us about future rainfall
Much of the public discussion around climate change has focused on how much the Earth will warm over the coming century. But climate change is not... Read More
Unregulated solar geoengineering could spark droughts and hurricanes, study warns
Artificially cooling the planet through solar geoengineering could have some dramatic side effects – including an increase in droughts and... Read More
Shifting storms under climate change could bring wilder winters to the UK
The UK could face harsher and more frequent winter storms if global greenhouse gas emissions aren’t curbed, a new study says. ... Read More
Impact of climate change on health is 'the major threat of 21st century'
The health of millions of people across the world is already being significantly harmed by climate change, a major new report finds. ... Read More
Media reaction: Hurricane Irma and climate change
Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey brought “unprecedented” flooding to Houston, Hurricane Irma has ploughed through the Caribbean and into the... Read More
Mapeo: Como el cambio climático afecta eventos meteorológicos extremos alrededor del mundo
Al principio de los 2000, emergió un nuevo campo de investigación en ciencias climaticas que empezó a explorar la huella del ser humano sobre... Read More
Giant hailstones to increasingly strike North America under climate change
Damaging large hail "events" may become more common across the central and central-western parts of North America, concludes a new study published in... Read More
Limiting warming to 1.5C has clear benefits for Australia, study says
Global temperature rise of 2C could see Australia hit by heat extremes similar to the “angry summer” of 2012-13 in almost four out of every five... Read More
Explainer: Dealing with the 'loss and damage' caused by climate change
Scaling down our emissions and building resilience against climate change can only take us so far. Some negative impacts and damages are now... Read More
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