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12 02 2019 | 15:28

Pioneers of climate science win “Nobel” prize for environment

  Warren M. Washington, the father of climate modeling, and Michael E. Mann, who was vilified by fossil fuel companies and  politicians for his work on climate change, have been awarded 2019 Tyler…

12 02 2019 | 12:59

UN Global Climate Action Award

Bonn, Germany, 11 February 2019 – Starting today, organizations, cities, industries, universities, governments, and others taking bold leadership on climate change can nominate their work for a UN…

11 02 2019 | 09:30

Met Office forecast finds world heading for warmest decade

The Met Office has warned that the world is heading for its warmest decade since records began. The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five year period to 2023 is predicted…

08 02 2019 | 16:12

The hottest 5 years on record: 2016, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2014

Officially, 2018 has been the 4th hottest year on record, fulfilling a dreadful pattern: the past five years have been the hottest since mankind started recording global temperatures in 1880. This is…

08 02 2019 | 12:13

Buying Time (1/3): Climate change and the case for ‘global breakdown cover’

A month ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) told the world that we have just 12-years to avoid a catastrophic climate breakdown.

08 02 2019 | 09:24

Court rules out Hunter Valley coalmine on climate change grounds

Judge rejects Rocky Hill mine near Gloucester, NSW, because of its impact on the town and ‘dire consequences’ of increasing emissions. The controversial Rocky Hill coalmine in the Hunter Valley will…

07 02 2019 | 15:06

2018 was the fourth-hottest year on record, and it’s getting even hotter

As warmer temperatures mess with global rainfall patterns, the U.S. East saw record rains Overall, 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, and climate change trends suggest that temperatures…

07 02 2019 | 14:52

UN warns world on track to breach 3C rise by 2100; last year was fourth warmest on record

Last year was the fourth warmest year on record and the outlook is for more sizzling heat approaching levels that most view as dangerous for humankind on the Earth, a United Nations report has shown…

07 02 2019 | 11:44

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 the next five years, according to new Met Office…

07 02 2019 | 10:53

Trump ignored the biggest threat to the union- Omission accomplished

President Donald Trump used Tuesday’s State of the Union as a platform to double down on the unfounded argument that undocumented immigrants are pouring into the country and harming Americans. But…

06 02 2019 | 12:56

Instead of Waiting for Climate Heroes, Let’s Look in the Mirror

Despite mounting evidence and countless warnings, politicians around the world have still failed to address climate change. We need stronger climate leadership, to be sure, but instead of waiting for…

05 02 2019 | 15:47

A warming world increases air pollution

Climate change is warming the ocean, but it's warming land faster and that's really bad news for air quality all over the world, says a new University of California, Riverside study. The study,…

05 02 2019 | 12:08

Warming seas may increase frequency of extreme storms

A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century. The study…

05 02 2019 | 11:38

If you won’t go vegan for the planet, do it for Beyoncé

Beyoncé just did more for veganism in one Instagram post than every weird guy playing slaughterhouse footage in a Guy Fawkes mask combined.

05 02 2019 | 11:19

Big farmers use climate-resistant seeds. Most small farmers can’t get them.

Half of all humans owe their lives to small farmers, because that’s who grows most of the food in Africa and Asia. But it turns out that small farmers in poorer countries are stuck with seeds that…

05 02 2019 | 09:11

Climate change will change the colour of Earth’s oceans by the end of the 21st century

A new study by MIT has found that climate change could affect the colour of the ocean, intensifying its blue and green regions. Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the…

04 02 2019 | 13:39

Extreme weather shatters records around the world

US cities as cold as the Arctic. An Australian inferno. The UK covered in snow. It's only one month into 2019 and meteorologists are already talking in superlatives as extreme weather patterns have…

04 02 2019 | 12:36

Three Things We Don’t Want To Understand About Climate Change.

Thinking about climate change is not something that comes naturally to humans — or ‘consumers’ as we have called ourselves for decades. It is not only emotionally unpleasant but mentally extremely…

04 02 2019 | 11:42

‘The devastation of human life is in view’: what a burning world tells us about climate change.

I was wilfully deluded until I began covering global warming, says David Wallace-Wells. But extreme heat could transform the planet by 2100

04 02 2019 | 10:56

Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN

The main greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change have all reached record levels, the UN’s meteorology experts have reported. Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are now far above pre-…