by Roger Harrabin
http://news.bbc.co.uk
This year will be one of the top five warmest years globally since records began 150 years ago, according to figures compiled by the Met Office.
by Richard Black
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Average temperatures across the world are on course to rise by up to 6C without urgent action to curb CO2 emissions, according a new analysis.
by Suzanne Goldenberg
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Twenty-five million more children will go hungry by the middle of this century as climate change leads to food shortages and soaring prices for staples such as rice, wheat, maize and soya beans, a report says today.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Koalas live in the rolling hills and flat plains where eucalyptus trees grow, because they need the leaves for both food and water. But as people move in, koalas are finding themselves with fewer trees, researchers have said. The stress is bringing out a latent disease that infects 50 to 90 per cent of the [...]
by Jody Bourton
http://news.bbc.co.uk
One of the world’s largest freshwater fish is on the verge of going extinct. A three-year quest to find the giant Chinese paddlefish in the Yangtze river failed to sight or catch a single individual. That means that the fish, which can grow up to 7m long, has not been seen alive for [...]
by Ben Webster
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
The population explosion in poor countries will contribute little to climate change and is a dangerous distraction from the main problem of over-consumption in rich nations, a study has found.
by David Adam
http://www.guardian.co.uk
• Study says 4C rise in temperature could happen by 2060
• Increase could threaten water supply of half world population
by Michael McCarthy
http://www.independent.co.uk
Satellite laser measurements show change in environment for the first time.
Melting ice is pouring off Greenland and Antarctica into the sea far faster than was previously realised because of global warming, new scientific research reveals today.
Adapted from materials provided by University of California – Santa Barbara
http://www.sciencedaily.com
New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century, according to a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists.
by Alan Gadian
http://news.bbc.co.uk
As the UK’s Royal Society prepares to publish its conclusions on whether geo-engineering can help combat climate change, physicist Alan Gadian argues that geo-engineering techniques, in particular cloud whitening, must be properly tested – and soon.