Guest post: Using satellites to track the retreat of Antarctica’s glaciers
Dr Hannes Konrad was formerly a research fellow in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and now works at the Alfred Wegener... Read More
Limiting warming to 1.5C could ‘substantially’ cut risk of ice-free Arctic summers
Meeting the Paris Agreement’s aspirational target of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could “substantially” reduce... Read More
Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest winter peak on record
Arctic sea ice has experienced its maximum extent for the year, reaching 14.48m square kilometers on 17 March – the second smallest in the 39-year... Read More
Global warming to date could ‘obliterate’ a third of glacier ice
The warming the world has already experienced could be enough to melt more than a third of the world’s glaciers outside Antarctica and Greenland –... Read More
Explainer: The polar vortex, climate change and the ‘Beast from the East’
While much of Europe is shivering in subzero temperatures, the Arctic and eastern US have basked in unseasonably warm conditions in recent weeks. ... Read More
Climate change: 70% of king penguins could ‘abruptly relocate or disappear’ by 2100
The arduous journey that king penguins must make in order to hunt fish to bring back to their young could become even longer as the climate warms,... Read More
Animals with white winter camouflage could struggle to adapt to climate change
Animals that turn white in the winter to hide themselves in snowy landscapes could struggle to adapt to climate change, research suggests. ... Read More
Polar bears could be struggling to catch enough prey, study shows
Polar bears could be failing to hunt enough seals to meet their energy demands, new research suggests. ... Read More
State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2017
The climate data for 2017 is now in. In this article, Carbon Brief explains why last year proved to be so remarkable across the oceans, atmosphere,... Read More
El Niño causes West Antarctica’s ice shelves to gain height yet lose mass
El Niño events are known for bringing floods to South America and contributing to wildfires in Indonesia, but new research reveals they also affect... Read More
State of the climate: 2017 shaping up to be warmest ‘non-El Niño’ year
The year 2017 has seen some of the warmest temperatures ever recorded, only slightly below the record set in 2016. It has also seen unusually low... Read More
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