Coral Reefs Are Dying as El Niño Heats Up

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 11, 2015 The third mass coral bleaching in recent history is underway as record ocean warmth creates a crisis in the tropics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Extreme Weather Puts Africa’s Food Security at Risk

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 16, 2015 A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more -- and more severe -- global food crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Other GOP Candidates Attack Obama’s Plan to Curb Climate Change

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 4, 2015 Before President Obama could announce his administration's new curbs on carbon emissions from power plants, Republican presidential hopefuls were insisting they know better than the scientists whose work he relied on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wildfire Threat Spreads Across a Warming World

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Aug 3, 2015 As climate change warms the world, vegetation dries, rain-free days increase and fire seasons lengthen. It's a recipe for devastating wildfires. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cut Carbon Now to Avoid Climate Tipping Points

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Apr 3, 2015 Not cutting emissions of greenhouse gases could mean driving the planet across systemic boundaries from which there would be no return. Not cutting emissions of greenhouse gases could mean driving the planet across systemic boundaries from which there would be no return. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shrinking of Ice Shelves Raises Sea Level Concerns

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Mar 30, 2015 The rapid reduction of West Antarctica’s shelf ice has dangerous implications for sea levels in a warming world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Destructive Effects of El Niño and La Niña Could Intensify

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 1, 2015 International scientists say global warming could double the frequency of the extreme La Niña weather phenomenon that triggers floods and hurricanes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

El Niño Blows Hot and Cold

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 26, 2014 Analysis of historic data about the mysterious El Niño, which periodically unleashes devastating weather, reveals that it has a bad local side and an even worse global side -- and another may be on its way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Corals Learn to Live in Hotter Water

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 4, 2014 Researchers are surprised by the speed at which some species of coral are adapting to life in warmer water. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change ‘Makes Violence Likelier’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 31, 2014 Climate is helping to increase political instability and violence, scientists say, in studies that reinforce a key conclusion by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warming ‘Will Double Extreme El Niños’

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 20, 2014 Scientists say global warming will mean that extreme El Niños -- the widespread periodic weather disruptions originating in the Pacific -- will occur twice as often. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )