U.N. Climate Report Warns About Impact on Food Supply

SETH BORENSTEIN and JAMEY KEATEN / The Associated Press Aug 8, 2019 Global warming is already degrading land, but changes in the way people eat, grow food and manage forests could prevent a more dire future. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Greener Cities Are Best at Taming Urban Heat

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 3, 2015 Researchers find evidence that cities with more green space are best for human well-being. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Models May Misjudge Soils’ Carbon Emissions

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 29, 2015 How soil organisms cope with decaying vegetation is much less certain than climate models suppose, researchers say, and carbon emission estimates may be wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Offers Rare Respite for African Farmers

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jun 18, 2015 Under the influence of greenhouse gases, changes in air temperature and wind patterns are increasing rainfall and crop yields in the drought-prone Sahel region. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cutting Warming to 1.5°C Could Endanger Food Supply

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network May 22, 2015 Scientists say meeting the tougher demands of many countries on limiting global temperature rise may be technically feasible, but would risk worsening world hunger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The World We are Shaping Is Feeling the Strain

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 16, 2015 The world risks being destabilised by human activity, scientists report, most of it the work of a wealthy minority of us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Professors Plead With Greens to Accept Nuclear Power

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Dec 26, 2014 Academics argue that nuclear power is essential to save the planet from climate change, but critics say they seem to have forgotten the danger of a nuclear winter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Slayings Turn Spotlight on Peru’s Forest Policies

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Nov 21, 2014 The killing of tribal leaders trying to defend their Amazon rainforest lands from illegal logging has put Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s U.N. climate conference. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Amazon of U.K.’ Being Destroyed for Grouse Shooting

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 6, 2014 Managing moorlands so that more birds can be reared for lucrative shooting parties is adding to climate change by destroying layers of peat and releasing large quantities of stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Croplands Changed by Climate’s Ups and Downs

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 26, 2014 New research shows that the complex balance of gains and losses caused by climate change could mean more land being available for agriculture -- but fewer harvests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N. Population Growth Data Is Bad News for Climate

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 20, 2014 A sophisticated new analysis indicates an 80 percent probability that the planet’s population will continue to rise this century, with serious implications for food security, political stability -- and climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brazil Beef Tax Could Spare Forests

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 11, 2014 Scientists have come up with a prescription of taxes and incentives to address the Amazon rainforest’s health problems and cut greenhouse gases by encouraging Brazil's cattle farmers to make more efficient use of pasture land. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )