Latest Editorial articles
Editorial articles RSS feed“Mini-IPCC” report focuses on North America
Jan 7, 2009
US Climate Change Science Program releases report on abrupt climate change.
Sour future for the oceans?
Dec 3, 2008 2 comments
Call for carbon-dioxide levels to be brought down to 350 ppm to prevent ocean acidification and huge economic losses.
Predicting the climate future
Oct 27, 2008
Forum for the Future suggests five likely scenarios for the world in 2050.
Moving times for wildlife
Oct 15, 2008
Climate change is already causing disruptions in species ranges but tropical species have fewer options than those at mid-latitudes.
Climate adaptation takes the stage
Oct 1, 2008
Physical and social scientists must work together to make and employ the predictions needed to inform policymaking for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Monitoring the melting of the Arctic
Sep 10, 2008 3 comments
Liz Kalaugher joins a research ship in the Canadian Arctic to find out how microwave imaging can reveal where and how fast the ice is melting.
Climate talks continue in Ghana
Aug 27, 2008
Deforestation and sectoral approach prove key areas for discussion.
Renewable energy: price and policy are key
Jul 29, 2008 1 comment
Sustainable energy resources are plentiful but exploiting them at large scales is more of a challenge, heard delegates at the WREN conference.
Going sour: protecting the oceans
Jul 16, 2008
Including ocean acidification worries in carbon regulation would probably lower emissions targets, say researchers.
Renewable energy investment takes off
Jul 2, 2008 1 comment
In 2007 $148 bn was invested in clean energy and energy efficiency, says the latest report for the UN Environment Programme.
Latest Talking Point articles
Talking Point articles RSS feedClimate wars damage the scientists but we all stand to lose in the battle
Mar 1, 2010
It is open season on climate scientists, but such hand-wringing has allowed the creeping rehabilitation of climate scepticism (from the Guardian)
How to reform the IPCC
Feb 19, 2010
The Guardian asks experts around the world what needs to change to enable the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to continue to play a central and positive role in enabling the world's governments to take the right action against climate change (from the Guardian)
Testing times for geoengineering
Feb 8, 2010
Solar-radiation measurement techniques would be impossible to trial on small scale, say scientists
Copenhagen: what next?
Jan 27, 2010
UNFCC mandarin Yvo de Boer and climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf give their views
Irrational fears give nuclear power a bad name, says Oxford scientist
Jan 12, 2010 2 comments
Wade Allison says misplaced health stigma has prevented the full benefits of nuclear energy being explored. (From the Guardian)
Copenhagen: why I believe all is not lost – yet
Dec 21, 2009 1 comment
If the world can acknowledge what went wrong at Copenhagen and learn from it, then we can still step back from the brink of disaster, says Robin McKie. (From the Guardian.)
All eyes turn to Copenhagen
Dec 2, 2009
The spotlight is soon to fall on climate negotiators but recent weeks have raised a number of "tricky" issues for climate scientists.
Climate change: how to win hearts and minds
Nov 13, 2009 5 comments
With climate scepticism on the rise in the US and elsewhere, Columbia University has issued a guide on how to breakdown misperceptions and communicate about climate science effectively
Publicize or perish
Oct 7, 2009 1 comment
Joseph Romm urges scientists to do much more to warn the public of the dangers of climate change
Fragile China: environmental policy comes to the fore
Sep 21, 2009
A projected significant decrease in food production in China under global warming has brought about a sea change in government policy on the environment, says Robin Porter