Climate Change Series

Fossil fuel emissions have stalled: Global Carbon Budget 2016

Nov 14, 2016 08:57 am UTC| Nature

For the third year in a row, global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry have barely grown, while the global economy has continued to grow strongly. This level of decoupling of carbon emissions from...

Get ready for the biggest 'supermoon' in nearly six decades

Nov 13, 2016 16:19 pm UTC| Nature

The biggest supermoon since 1948 will grace the sky on November 14. But what makes it so super? Well, not much more than the fact that itll be a bit bigger than normal, but thats absolutely no reason not to go outside and...

President Trump could kill the Paris Agreement - but climate action will survive

Nov 11, 2016 02:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Politics

November 9 will likely become the day that the Paris Agreement died, but not when the goal of limiting warming to 2℃ slipped out of reach. President Donald Trump can, and likely will, drop out of the Paris climate...

Keeping warming below 1.5℃ is possible - but we can't rely on removing carbon from the atmosphere

Nov 09, 2016 19:31 pm UTC| Science Nature

This week international leaders are meeting in Marrakech to thrash out how to achieve the Paris climate agreement, which came into force on Friday. The Marrakech meeting is the 22nd Congress of Parties (or COP22) to the...

Climate Change Series

Why rising seas will hit some cities more than others

Nov 08, 2016 14:22 pm UTC| Nature

Sea-level rise is a loaded statement and instils concern, scepticism and humour. From a sceptical stand point one could think about your own experience. I have been going to the beach near my parents house on the south...

Six different ways to think about 'extinction'

Nov 02, 2016 17:45 pm UTC| Nature

The WWFs new Living Planet report highlights a 58% decline in the abundance of 3,706 animal species since 1970, reinforcing the fear that humanity is bringing about a sixth mass extinction. The roots of this fear...

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Unnatural disasters: how we can spot climate's role in specific extreme events

Oct 31, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Nature

These days, after an extreme weather event like a cyclone, bushfire, or major storm, its common to find people asking: was it climate change? We also often hear people saying it is impossible to attribute any single...