climate change

Enhanced rock weathering could help counter fossil-fuel emissions and protect our oceans

Scientists have discovered enhanced weathering of rock could counter man-made fossil fuel CO2 emissions and

Citizen-science climate project adds logs from historic Arctic whaling ships

Even if climate negotiations in Paris are successful, the planet is locked into long-term warming

Climate Change: Wise after the events

In May India was struck by a deadly heatwave. Temperatures as high as 47°C caused

Bean breakthrough bodes well for climate change challenge

Scientists are hailing a new breed of bean seed as a breakthrough, thanks to its

Global warming reduces wheat production markedly if no adaptation takes place

Future global wheat harvest is likely to be reduced by six per cent per each

A glimmer of hope for corals as baby reef-builders cope with acidifying oceans

While the threat of coral bleaching as a result of climate change poses a serious

Study finds extreme temperature anomalies are warming faster than Earth’s average

It’s widely known that the Earth’s average temperature has been rising. But research by an

Changing global diets is vital to reducing climate change

Healthier diets and reducing food waste are part of a combination of solutions needed to

biodiversity jenga (Photo credit: Kalense Kid)
Biodiversity Considerations Overshadowed by Climate Change

Kent research suggests that recent high levels of media coverage for climate change may have

climate change is having an impact in every ecosystem, from equator to pole and from ocean to mountain.
Climate change: Apocalyptish

Climate change is having an impact in every ecosystem, from equator to pole and from

Chromis fish swim amongst coral in the Indo-Pacific, along with a Pomacentrus moluccensis (the lemon damsel). These fish are important food sources for larger coral reef fish. Image credit: D. Dixson
Fish living near the equator will not thrive in the warmer oceans of the future

According to an international team of researchers, the rapid pace of climate change is threatening

Wavier jet stream 'may drive weather shift'
Wavier jet stream ‘may drive weather shift’

“We may have to get used to winters where spells of weather go on for

English: Buried machinery in barn lot in Dallas, South Dakota, United States during the Dust Bowl, an agricultural, ecological, and economic disaster in the Great Plains region of North America in 1936 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Dust Bowl Returns

Our behavior here in the valley feels untenable and self-destructive EVERY Saturday in late December

World temperature records available via Google Earth

Climate researchers at the University of East Anglia have made the world’s temperature records available

Assessing the impact of climate change on a global scale

The researchers identified the Amazon region, the Mediterranean and East Africa as regions that might