New climate science centre doesn't make up for CSIRO cuts: experts
Apr 26, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Nature
Hobart will be home to a new climate science research centre in plans announced by the CSIRO. The centre, which will focus on climate measurement and modelling, will be staffed by 40 climate scientists and guarantee...
How ancient warm periods can help predict future climate change
Apr 25, 2016 23:36 pm UTC| Nature
Several more decades of increased carbon dioxide emissions could lead to melting ice sheets, mass extinctions and extreme weather becoming the norm. We cant yet be certain of the exact impacts, but we can look to the past...
Rising carbon dioxide is greening the Earth - but it's not all good news
Apr 25, 2016 23:09 pm UTC| Nature
Dried lake beds, failed crops, flattened trees: when we think of global warming we often think of the impacts of droughts and extreme weather. While there is truth in this image, a rather different picture is...
Has climate change really improved U.S. weather?
Apr 25, 2016 01:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
According to a new report published in Nature on April 20, 2016 by Patrick Egan and Megan Mullin, weather conditions have improved for the vast majority of Americans over the past 40 years. This, they argue, explains why...
Paris climate deal: leaders signed up to a marathon without first getting fit
Apr 22, 2016 08:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
At the Paris climate summit in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first universal, legally binding, global climate deal. Impressive stuff. A major success for the United Nations and met with much congratulatory...
Indigenous innovation could save a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases
Apr 22, 2016 08:16 am UTC| Nature
Of the 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year, about 2 billion tonnes (4%) come from wildfires. Warmer temperatures, driven by El Niño, can drive emissions even higher. Emissions...
The Paris Agreement signing ceremony at a glance
Apr 22, 2016 07:31 am UTC| Nature
Leaders and diplomats from more than 160 countries are gathering at the United Nations New York headquarters on April 22 to sign the Paris Agreement the landmark climate deal hammered out at the culmination of last years...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects