Guest post: Interpreting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C temperature limit
Dr Joeri Rogelj is a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, and a coordinating lead author... Read More
Hyperthermals: What can they tell us about modern global warming?
Around 50m years ago, Earth was struck by a series of short-term phases of rapid global warming, known collectively as “hyperthermals”. ... Read More
Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming?
Scientists have been making projections of future global warming using climate models of increasing complexity for the past four decades. ... Read More
Guest post: Authors respond to misinterpretations of their 1.5C carbon budget paper
This is a guest post written jointly by all the authors of the widely reported – and debated – paper, Millar et al, published in Nature Geoscience... Read More
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
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
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