The Carbon Brief Profile: United States
In the latest article in a series on the world’s key emitters Carbon Brief looks at the US, which, to date, has contributed more...
Climate change could cause ‘irreversible impacts’ to lake ecosystems
New research shows that lake “stratification periods” – a seasonal separation of water into layers – will last longer in a warmer climate.
These longer...
Guest post: How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant...
Coal use needs to rapidly fall this decade if the world has any chance of achieving the 1.5C temperature target of the Paris Agreement,...
Guest post: How ‘high-resolution’ climate models will help Europe plan for extreme weather
“Convective” storms cause some of Earth’s most dramatic weather, including extreme rainfall, hail, lightning and severe wind gusts. Along with lighting up the skies,...
Climate change will hit ‘endemic’ plants and animals the hardest, study warns
Plants and animals that only live in one region – known as “endemic” species – are expected to be “consistently more adversely impacted” by...
Guest post: The fate of Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5C, 2C and 4C of...
Antarctica’s ice shelves – the floating tongues of ice formed where the ice sheet meets the ocean – are especially useful indicators of a...
Guest post: Identifying three ‘tipping points’ in Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier
Antarctica may seem far away for most of us, yet this remote continent contains enough ice to raise sea levels around the world by...
Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2021 is joint-seventh lowest on record
Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, peaking at 14.77m square kilometres (km2) on 21 March. This is the joint-seventh...
Mapped: How ‘proxy’ data reveals the climate of the Earth’s distant past
At any one moment in time, thousands of measurements are being taken of the world’s weather. Across land, sea and sky, data is being...
Scientists calculate trade-related ‘deforestation footprint’ of rich countries
Many developed countries are “encouraging” deforestation in poorer nations through international trade, new research shows.
Agriculture and forestry are responsible for 80% of global deforestation...
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