February 1, 20150Comments

Arctic glacier’s galloping melt baffles scientists

New satellite data analysis has produced evidence that rapid melting in the last three years has caused dramatic shrinkage of an Arctic ice cap, writes Alex Kirby. An ice cap...

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January 21, 20150Comments

Landmark round-the-world solar aircraft flight about to set off

Swiss innovators Mr Betrand Piccard and Mr Andre Borschberg are taking their dream of solar-powered aircraft to a new level as they attempt to fly around the world in their...

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January 16, 20150Comments

Forget Charlie, focus on the real threat

One hundred years from now, people will look back and ask – what were they thinking? The horrific murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and others caught up in the attack in...

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January 16, 20150Comments

Tropical forests may be giving climate extra help

New research indicates that the role of the world’s tropical forests in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may have been underestimated, writes Alex Kirby. Scientists...

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January 11, 20150Comments

Naomi Klein on the climate heroes who inspire her

The climate crisis is no longer a future danger: Extreme weather, water shortages, heat waves, and flooding are here now. And the impacts of burning fossil fuels continue to...

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January 9, 20150Comments

Ocean warming speeds up cycle of climate change

British and German scientists have identified another consequence of global warming that is likely to accelerate climate change still further, writes Tim Radford. The warming...

January 6, 20150Comments

Climate change increasing stresses on fragile states

Briefing for UK aid workers says climate-related factors are making the world increasingly unstable and adding to hardships of the poorest people, writes Paul Brown. A...

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January 4, 20150Comments

US must face up to the dark side of climate change

As global temperatures rise, scientists warn that more cities in the US face the threat of power blackouts caused by fierce and frequent hurricanes, writes Tim Radford....

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December 24, 20140Comments

Warming oceans are bleaching coral reefs

Global warming is ‘bleaching’ coral reefs across the entire northern Pacific, scientists said Monday, warning that the phenomenon—caused in part by warming ocean...

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December 16, 20140Comments

UN climate negotiators drop the ball in Lima

Negotiators have stopped trying to win a binding international agreement on carbon emissions. Now it’s up to the people to push our governments to action, writes Jim Shultz in...

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December 7, 20140Comments

Tribal lands are vital for Amazon forest carbon sink

As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, new research shows that destruction of Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity...

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December 1, 20140Comments

Turbulence in the maca market

If anyone understands the maca trade, Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham does. Here is a dispatch from the field regarding the current turbulence in the Maca market November 4,...

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