By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkApr 18, 2014
The world should be moving to a clean energy future, the IPCC says. The recent record of global greenhouse emissions show it's heading in entirely the wrong direction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 13, 2014
A landmark U.N. study published Sunday says catastrophic climate change can be averted without sacrificing living standards, concluding that "the ditching of fossil fuels is eminently affordable," The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkApr 4, 2014
If we want to be sure the world will remain habitable we should stop trying to work out the cost and just take action anyway, two researchers say -- and in any case, the cost is unknowable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkMar 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 )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkMar 20, 2014
U.S. scientists have intervened in the policy debate to say the evidence that the climate is changing is as strong as that which links smoking with cancer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 14, 2013
An international group of scientists concerned with understanding how Earth functions as a system has created a beautiful and terrifying visual summary of data collected by the United Nations' climate panel to project how conditions on the surface of the planet will change in the next 100 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Kieran Cooke, Climate News NetworkSep 30, 2013
Those who question the seriousness of the threat climate change poses have strange notions of the risks they think are acceptable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Chris Rapley, Climate News NetworkSep 29, 2013
The scientists have done their job; now is the time for politicians to lead, and everyone to act. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Climate News NetworkSep 28, 2013
There has been a wide welcome for the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report -- AR5. But some reviewers have found surprising omissions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Climate News NetworkSep 27, 2013
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivers the first part of its Fifth Assessment Report, with its main conclusion: Humanity's fingerprints are all over this warming planet. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkMay 25, 2013
New research suggesting the Earth may be warming more slowly than expected does not mean climate change is a false alarm, experts say. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 11, 2013
Humanity on Friday passed a milestone on the way to planetary destruction when monitoring stations registered 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide spread throughout the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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