More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change

More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to a new survey of 88,125 climate-related...

Lake formation and expansion due to sea-level rise causes freshwater resource depletion on small...

Coastal regions and small ocean islands face significant risks from rising sea levels due to climate change, because waters can flood and inundate low-lying...

Corals roll with the punches

Corals may be able to cope with climate change in the coming decades better than previously thought -- but will still struggle with rapidly...

Opening the climate change forecasting toolbox

It is not easy to predict how animals -- from insects to fish -- are going to respond to climate change and especially extremes...

Opening the climate change forecasting toolbox

It is not easy to predict how animals -- from insects to fish -- are going to respond to climate change and especially extremes...

‘Sticky questions’ raised by study on coral reefs

A new study on the impact of climate change on coral reefs is raising sticky questions about conservation. It found coral in more polluted...

Review evaluates the evidence for an intensifying Indian Ocean water cycle

The Indian Ocean has been warming much more than other ocean basins over the last 50-60 years. While temperature changes basin-wide can be unequivocally...

Climate change threatens food security of many countries dependent on fish

Analyses by an international team from the UK and Canada and led by scientists reveal that climate change is the most pervasive threat to...

Using archeology to better understand climate change

Anthropologists, geographers and earth scientists look to the past to assess how different cultures have - and will - adapt to global warming.

Disparities of climate change mapped

New research illustrates the disparity between the narrow origins and far-reaching impacts of greenhouse emissions responsible for disrupting the global climate system.

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