Tag: Climate Change
Climate Signals (54) Δ27 Variable 2 – Global mean surface temperature anomaly (4) Δ27 Variable 3 – Atmospheric CO₂e concentration (CO₂ + CH₄ + N₂O) (1) Δ27 Variable 5 – Marine heatwaves (14) Δ27 Variable 6-Marine biomass & deoxygenation (3) Δ27 Variable 7 – Greenland Ice Sheet stability (2) Δ27 Variable 8_West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability (5) Δ27 Variable 9-Arctic sea ice extent/thickness (6) Δ27 Variable 10 – Permafrost thaw & carbon emissions (1) Δ27 Variable 11 – Amazon rainforest dieback risk (1) Δ27 Variable 12 – Boreal biome shift (net) (1) Δ27 Variable 13 – Freshwater stress & groundwater depletion (1) Δ27 Variable 14-AMOC strength (1) Δ27 Variable 15-Monsoon systems stability (2) Δ27 Variable 16-Wildfire burned area / fire weather index (1) Δ27 Variable 17 – Global staple crop yields & stocks-to-use (5) Δ27 Variable 20 – Energy system reliability & EROEI / grid stability (5) Δ27 Variable 22 Insurance retreat & financial climate risk (2) Δ27 Variable 23 – Extreme-heat exposure (wet-bulb population-days) (9) Δ27 Variable 25 – Mass displacement (forced migration volume) (1) Δ27 Variable 27 – Epistemic resilience (mis/disinformation & media capture) (8) ⚙️ Energy, Infrastructure & Material Flow (7) 🌊 Oceanic Equilibrium & Acidification (17) 🌍 Atmospheric Forcing & Planetary Energy Balance (5) 🌪 Atmospheric Circulation & Regional Climate Stability (4) 🌱 Carbon & Hydrological Feedback Loops (3) 🌾 Food, Water & Resource Security (6) 🧊 Cryosphere Integrity & Sea-Level Commitment (8) 🧠 Knowledge Integrity & Governance Resilience (8) 🧬 Human Stability & Adaptive Capacity (10)
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Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomics save it?
Climate change is affecting the yields and flavour of the traditional Japanese tea matcha, but studying its seedlings’ genetic tolerance for heat could future-proof…
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Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025
Print article Share Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according…
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Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history
To understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the disturbing uniqueness of our situation,…
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Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution
This summer has seen Europe suffer through a series of record-breaking heatwaves. Amid widespread media coverage of the number of deaths and the influence…
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State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026
As 2026 passes its halfway point, the world is watching one of the most rapidly intensifying El Niño events in the modern record take…
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Exquisite sculpture points spotlight on a Pacific island that drowned
This beautiful artwork of climate activist Gladys Bartlett is a reminder of the fate of Kale Island, her former home. It is part of…
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Q&A: What the EU’s carbon market review means for climate action
The European Commission has put forward new plans to cut emissions under the EU carbon market more slowly, from 2031 onwards. On 17 July,…
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Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted
Recent weeks have seen a flurry of reports from public health authorities and scientists that… The post Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths…
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UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo
The UK has abandoned projects worth tens of millions of pounds that were meant to… The post UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s…
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28 quotes from next UK leader Andy Burnham on climate, net-zero and fossil fuels
The UK’s incoming prime minister Andy Burnham has remained tight-lipped on his views on climate… The post 28 quotes from next UK leader Andy…
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