Western Europe Coasts Face a Pounding
Extreme weather caused by global warming could lead to more violent and more frequent storms devastating beaches on exposed Atlantic coastlines in Europe, reports Tim Radford for Climate News Network.…
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“Greenhouse Century” Pushes Up Sea Levels
Geological data reveals that humans have contributed to rising sea levels since the Bronze Age, but fossil fuel emissions have led to the current record-breaking increases, reports Tim Radford for…
Warmer Seas Speed Up Antarctic Ice Melt and Consequent Rise in Sea Levels
New scientific studies provide a further warning of the increasing vulnerability of Antarctic glaciers to faster melting as temperatures rise in the Southern Ocean, reports Tim Radford for Climate News…
Antarctic Peaks Reveal Sea Rise Threat
A pioneering fieldwork study of mountain heights and boulders in West Antarctica supports computer predictions that global sea levels could rise steeply by 2080, reports Alex Kirby for Climate News Network.…
Study Finds Ice Melt Increases Sea Level Rise at Faster Rates than Previously Thought
Scientists have found evidence suggesting that melting icecap water from the interior of Greenland is adding to sea level rise faster than previously realised. Report by Tim Radford for Climate…
COP21 – Paris Agreement Adopted
COP21: “It is rare in any lifetime to have a chance to change the world”, declared France’s President François Hollande as the UN climate talks finally closed. Paul Brown reports…
US Town Faces Watery End from Rising Sea Level
COP21: The United States, a strenuous doubter of the facts of climate change, will lose an entire town to rising sea level within the next century, reports Tim Radford for…
India Blames Climate for Chennai Floods
As the southern Indian city of Chennai still struggles to cope after floods that have cost hundreds of lives and left thousands homeless, India says climate change is to blame.…
Forest Destruction Can be Cut in Half
A new study shows that political will is all that is needed to stop the chainsaws and bulldozers that are destroying tropical forests and adding to global warming. Paul Brown…
Brazilian Drought Adds to Impact of Samarco Mining Dam Collapse
Scientists say that as global warming intensifies the drought, reduced river flows in Brazil mean more damage from the mining dam collapse, reports Jan Rocha for Climate News Network. SÃO…
Climate Change Boosted Australia 2010-2011 Floods
Researchers find warming oceans helped to worsen Australia’s floods five years ago by intensifying rainfall, reports Tim Radford for Climate News Network. LONDON, 21 November, 2015 – For the first…
Scientists Predict Drought and Flood Extremes for California
Climate scientists predict that while the drought that has devastated the US state for four years will become more extreme, it will be interspersed with bouts of serious flooding, reports…
Insurance Data Suggests Damage from Climate-Related Events on the Increase
Analysis of insurance data convinces environmental economists that climate change is pushing up the cost of dealing with the disastrous effects of extreme weather events, reports Tim Radford for Climate…
Researchers Say Climate Change Will Intensify El Niño Sea Level Extremes
Scientists say coasts and communities in the Pacific region face more extreme weather hazards as climate change magnifies the devastating El Niño effect. By Tim Radford for Climate News Network…
Report – Harder Rains Set to Fall as the World Warms
Scientists pinpoint when global warming emerged – and predict increasingly greater climate extremes in hot, cold and wet weather trends. By Tim Radford for Climate News Network LONDON, 26 September,…
Global Glacier Melt Reaches Record Levels
In the wake of recent glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, as well as the recent announcement by IOM that unseasonal snowmelt has resulted in over…
