Geo-engineering can stop the Earth warming, at least in theory
Climate scientists now know that geo-engineering – in principle at least – would halt global warming and keep the world at the temperatures it will reach...
Small global warming cuts offer huge savings
Everybody profits from a world that cuts global warming to only another half a degree. The challenge is to persuade nations to act.
Californian scientists...
Scary! Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea-level rise.
Five small islands that are part of the Solomon Islands cluster in the Pacific have just been submerged by rising sea levels. The sinking...
Record climate heat means fiercer hurricanes
Fiercer hurricanes are rapidly becoming more frequent than they were 30 years ago. The cause may be entirely natural, scientists say.
But Hurricane Harvey, which in...
Earth bears massive human load
Gross up the mass of all life on Earth, with its disproportionate human load, and the answer is staggeringly heavy. But the uncertainties are...
The Bonn Climate Change Conference opens today
The Bonn Climate Change Conference opens today and will continue until 26 May. The meeting comprises the 44th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for...