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 feedIce2sea: firming up the role of the ice sheets
May 9, 2013
As the Ice2sea project nears completion, David Vaughan gives an update on the latest thinking in sea-level rise.
Eating on an interconnected planet
May 7, 2013
Graham MacDonald looks at the food security issues raised by Fader et al's paper in ERL.
Greenland: an integrated approach
Apr 22, 2013
Researchers team up to investigate ice sheet's future
Advancing agricultural greenhouse-gas quantification
Feb 20, 2013
Lydia Olander, Eva Wollenberg, Francesco Tubiello and Martin Herold introduce the ERL Focus Issue
Are we heading for 6° temperature rise?
Feb 6, 2013
Climate scientist Kevin Anderson believes scientists at the interface of climate and policy may have used naive assumptions when modelling for a 2°C target
Telling better stories: strengthening the story in story and simulation
Jan 30, 2013
Eric Kemp-Benedict gives his take on Vanessa Schweizer and Elmar Kriegler's analysis in ERL of the IPCC's Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES)
Rethinking wedges
Jan 9, 2013
In 2004 Pacala and Socolow argued that using existing technologies to deploy seven "stabilization wedges" could solve the climate problem. In light of the delay in major action, Steven Davis, Long Cao, Ken Caldeira and Martin Hoffert now reckon that at least 19 wedges, each ultimately representing 1 Gigatonne of saved carbon emissions each year, will be required, involving a "fundamental overhaul of the global energy system"
Is journalism failing on climate?
Nov 28, 2012 1 comment
Stefan Rahmstorf discusses the latest study in ERL
Greenland plays a large role in the gloomy picture painted of probable future sea-level rise
Nov 21, 2012
Edward Hanna discusses the latest study in ERL
Sustainable development is not dead
Nov 14, 2012
But it’s in need of “revitalization from the base”, heard delegates at the Cardiff International Conference on Sustainable Place Making