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
Global extent of climate change is ‘unparalleled’ in past 2,000 years
The “globally coherent” rise in temperatures seen since the start of the industrial revolution is “unparalleled” in at least the past 2,000... Read More
More than half the world could see ‘record-setting heat’ every year by 2100
More than half of the world could see new temperature records set in every single year by the end of the century if global warming is not curbed, a... Read More
State of the climate: Heat across Earth's surface and oceans mark early 2019
Global surface temperatures in 2019 are on track to be either the second or third warmest since records began in the mid-1800s, behind only 2016 and... Read More
Guest post: Why results from the next generation of climate models matter
Prof Stephen Belcher is chief scientist at the UK Met Office; Dr Olivier Boucher is head of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) Climate Modelling... Read More
Halving global warming with solar geoengineering could ‘offset tropical storm risk’
Engineering the climate to reflect away sunlight could halve global warming and offset the risk of increases in tropical storms, new research... 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
Extreme CO2 levels could trigger clouds ‘tipping point’ and 8C of global warming
If atmospheric CO2 levels exceed 1,200 parts per million (ppm), it could push the Earth’s climate over a “tipping point”, finds a new study.... Read More
Met Office: World has 10% chance of ‘overshooting’ 1.5C within five years
There is a one-in-10 chance that global average temperatures could “temporarily exceed” 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in at least one year over... Read More
State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2018
The climate data for 2018 is now mostly in, though the ongoing shutdown of the US government has caused some datasets to be delayed. ... Read More
Guest post: Did bombing during second world war cool global temperatures?
Prof Alan Robock is a distinguished professor of climate science in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US. ... Read More
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