EDMONTON, Canada March 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thirteen cities worldwide are projected to see temperature hikes that could exceed 2 degrees Celsius (3.6°F) over the next decade or so,…
Rising sea levels bring the prospect of more violence and expense. Four new studies confirm the menace of the waves, by Tim Radford for Climate News Network LONDON, 2 March,…
MEXICO CITY, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Storms, floods and other extreme weather events are hitting cities much harder than scientists have predicted, said the head of a global…
The individual commitments made by parties of the United Nations Paris Agreement are not enough to fulfil the agreement’s overall goal of limiting global temperature rise to less than 2…
The world is getting hotter: during three recent years, the total amount of global warming jumped by a fourth. And cities are getting hotter too, writes Tim Radford, for Climate…
In a clear sign of continuing long-term climate change caused by increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, 2015, 2016 and 2017 have been confirmed as the three warmest years on…
ROME, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unless countries urgently boost their flood defences, millions more people will be at risk from river flooding in the next 20 years as…
Severe snowy weather in winter or extreme rains in summer in the UK might be influenced by warming trends in the Arctic, according to new findings. Climate scientists from the…
World Weather Attribution’s (WWA) scientific analysis has found that human-caused climate change made the record rainfall that fell over Houston during Hurricane Harvey roughly three times more likely and 15…
A NOAA-sponsored report shows that the warming trend transforming the Arctic persisted in 2017, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above average ocean temperatures, loss of sea ice, and…
BARCELONA, Nov 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From protecting coastal slum dwellers on Pacific islands against floods to helping poor farmers keep up harvests battered by drought in Africa, a…
Researchers studying a rapid global warming event, around 56 million years ago, have shown evidence of major changes in the intensity of rainfall and flood events. The findings indicate some…
The World Meteorological Organisation says 2017 is among the three warmest years recorded, with human wellbeing facing mounting risks. By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network. LONDON, 6 November, 2017…
As U.N. climate negotiations start Monday in Bonn, disasters show the need for a hike in ambition, experts say. BONN, Nov 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With hurricanes, floods and…
Superstorms as severe as Sandy, the monster which swamped New York City in 2012, could become more frequent because of rising sea levels. By Tim Radford LONDON, 27 October, 2017 –…
If oceans warm at a rate predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nation-sponsored group that assesses climate change research and issues periodic reports, expected financial losses…
