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 feedThe IPCC on trial: experimentation continues
Jul 21, 2010 1 comment
Since its inception in 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been a giant experiment in the creation of authoritative public knowledge, says Mike Hulme, while the recent furore about errors in its Fourth Assessment Report has parallels to Climategate
'Climategate' shows the need for openness by scientists
Jul 13, 2010
In the age of the blogosphere, blocking facts means science is damaged and public trust lost (from the Guardian)
Presence of world leaders 'paralysed' climate summit, UN letter claims
Jun 2, 2010
United Nations climate chief says Danish presidency's backing for US also derailed Copenhagen negotiations (from the Guardian)
Eyjafjallajökull: new climate for air travel, but not for Europe?
Apr 23, 2010 1 comment
Current eruption too small to have widespread effect on climate but atmospheric transport modellers could benefit
Climate change talks yield small chance of global treaty
Apr 14, 2010
Head of UN environmental agency says talks divided between the west and developing nations over emissions targets (from the Guardian)
Climate 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)