Ending the world’s fossil fuel subsidies would reduce global CO2 emissions by 0.5 to 2.2 gigatonnes (Gt) per year by 2030, a new study says.

The world’s oceans could become “uninhabitable” for cold-water corals by the end of the century as a result of ocean acidification, research suggests.

2017 was the warmest year on record for the global ocean

Study: Ending extreme poverty and limiting warming to 2C still possible

Rising seas threaten scores of species on Pacific islands with extinction

Major correction to satellite data shows 36% faster warming since 1979 and nearly 140% faster warming since 1998

UK launches program to explore removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere

Beijing 'severe haze' could be 50% more frequent under climate change

Half of world's ocean to face multiple 'climate stressors' by 2030, study warns

Rising greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for at least half, possibly up to two-thirds, of the drop in summer sea ice in the Arctic since the late 1970s, according to new research

Rapid emergence of climate change in environmental drivers of marine ecosystems: Half of world's ocean to face multiple 'climate stressors' by 2030, study warns

Swiss ski resorts could see 70% drop in snow cover as climate warms

Climate change is causing fire seasons to start earlier and finish later, with an associated trend towards more extreme wildfire events in terms of their geographic extent and duration, intensity…

The lack of development and deployment of carbon capture and storage schemes is the biggest challenge to holding the global average temperature increase below 2°C above pre-industrial levels as current emission pledges to the Paris Agreement appear insufficient…

Zika outbreak ‘fuelled by’ El Niño and climate change

Recent slow down in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2, between 2002 and 2014, attributed to enhanced terrestrial carbon uptake by plants, study concludes.

A megadrought spanning several decades could be almost certain to hit the American southwest this century if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, a new study says.

Anxiety about electric cars misplaced, says study

Bringing together data ranging from whaling ship logs to aerial surveys, scientists have reconstructed Arctic sea ice coverage back to 1850

Extreme weather increases the risk of armed conflict in ethnically-diverse countries, a new study suggests

Study links heatwave deaths in London and Paris to climate change

Sea level research says only a ‘brief window’ to cut emissions

US seafood species highly vulnerable to climate change, study says - Researchers at NOAA applied a new Fisheries Climate Vulnerability Assessment to 82 marine species in the region

In the rapidly warming Arctic, regional hotspots may be altering mid-latitude weather patterns, causing the recent severe winters in North America and East Asia.

UK butterflies could suffer ‘widespread extinction’ by 2050, study warns

Cost of carbon should be 200% higher today, say economists

Scientists link Arctic warming to intense summer heatwaves in the northern hemisphere

Earth entering new era of rapid temperature change, study warns

Coal carbon capture could increase future climate risks, study finds

UK coal use to fall to lowest level since industrial revolution

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