Factcheck: Climate models have not 'exaggerated' global warming
A new study published in the Nature Geosciences journal this week by largely UK-based climate scientists has led to claims in the media that climate... Read More
Guest post: Why the 1.5C warming limit is not yet a geophysical impossibility
Dr Richard Millar is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Oxford Martin Net Zero Carbon Investment Initiative at the University of Oxford. ... Read More
Explainer: Why the sun is not responsible for recent climate change
With a total solar eclipse sweeping across North America, everyone is suddenly paying attention to the sun. One of the most common sceptical arguments... Read More
Global warming could cause yield of sorghum crops to drop 'substantially'
Rising global temperatures could cause yields of sorghum – a cereal crop known for its resilience to heat stress and drought – to fall... Read More
Factcheck: Lord Lawson's inaccurate claims about climate change on BBC Radio 4
The Today programme, BBC Radio 4's flagship current affairs breakfast show, featured a prominent five-minute interview this morning with the climate... Read More
Ecosystems facing 'double whammy' due to increasing impacts of drought
Trees and plants across the world are increasingly in “recovery mode” after a drought, a new study says, and they’re taking longer to bounce... Read More
Migrating birds can’t keep up with an earlier spring in a changing climate
Migrating birds might not be able to fly home fast enough to meet shifts in springtime in Europe driven by climate change, new research suggests. ... Read More
State of the climate: Warm temperatures and low sea ice mark first half of 2017
The first half of 2017 has seen record low sea ice extents at both poles and near-record global average temperatures – despite the absence of a... Read More
Explainer: How data adjustments affect global temperature records
Over the past two centuries, the times of day, locations and methods of measuring temperature have all changed dramatically. For example, where once... Read More
Rising seas threaten scores of species on Pacific islands with extinction
The Chuuk flying fox. The Black-spotted Cuscus. The Fijian crested iguana. The Mariana skink. The greater monkey-faced bat. Poncelet’s giant rat. ... Read More
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
In the early 2000s, a new field of climate science research emerged that began to explore the human fingerprint on extreme weather, such as floods,... Read More
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