Recycling Greenhouse Gases, New Method For Reducing Climate Change Impact
Nov 15, 2016 04:38 am UTC| Nature
Greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide and methane are what causes the heat from the sun to get trapped within the earths atmosphere, thus causing global warming. Now, theres a new scientific method called a super-dry...
World set for hottest year on record: World Meteorological Organization
Nov 14, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Nature
2016 is set to be the worlds hottest year on record. According to the World Meteorological Organizations preliminary statement on the global climate for 2016, global temperatures for January to September were 0.88C above...
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...
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...
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...
How to reverse the dangerous decline in low-carbon innovation
Oct 24, 2016 09:34 am UTC| Nature
The Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to less than 2C at the end of the 21st century demands that we sharply reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, reaching near zero in less than 100 years. Achieving this...
Bolivia's fast-melting glaciers are leaving behind lakes that could cause catastrophic floods
Oct 21, 2016 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Bolivias glaciers have shrunk by more than 40% in the past few decades. This puts further pressure on an already stressed water supply, while the meltwater lakes left behind risk collapsing in sudden and catastrophic...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight