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The climate data for 2017 is now in. In this article, Carbon Brief explains why last year proved to be so remarkable across the...
Climate change and deforestation threaten world’s largest tropical peatland
Just over a year ago, scientists announced the discovery of the world’s largest intact tropical peatland in a remote part of the Congo’s vast...
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2017
FEATURES | January 24. 2018. 8:00
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2017
Every day, dozens of scientific journals publish new climate...
Geoengineering carries ‘large risks’ for the natural world, studies show
Reducing the impacts of human-caused climate change through the use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage – better known as BECCS – could have...
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Much of the public discussion around climate change has focused on how much the Earth will warm over the coming century. But climate change...
Guest post: Why clouds hold the key to better climate models
Prof Ellie Highwood is professor of climate physics in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading and president of the Royal Meteorology...
New study ‘reduces uncertainty’ for climate sensitivity
Scientists have presented a new, narrower estimate of the “climate sensitivity” – a measure of how much the climate could warm in response to...
In-depth: Scientists discuss how to improve climate models
While global climate models do a good job of simulating the Earth’s climate, they are not perfect.
Despite the huge strides taken since the earliest...
UK will miss climate goals despite new strategy, says official watchdog
The UK will miss its legally binding climate goals without more ambitious policies, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
The UK’s official climate watchdog...
Timeline: The history of climate modelling
CLIMATE MODELLING | January 16. 2018. 8:00
Timeline: The history of climate modelling
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