Polar Bears Weakened by Pollution as Well as Warmth

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Apr 17, 2015 Climate change causing habitat loss and reduced food is the main problem for polar bears, but plastic waste and other pollutants are growing risks. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Politics of Extinction

By William deBuys, TomDispatch Mar 16, 2015 Maybe baby steps will help, but the world needs a lot more than either the United States or China is offering to combat the illegal traffic in wildlife, a nearly $20-billion-a-year business that adds up to a global war against nature. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Serious Doubts Over Europe’s Greenhouse-Gas Reduction Target

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Mar 11, 2015 Europe has made substantial progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but its long-term reduction aims look unachievable, says a new report. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ancient Shells Offer Evidence of How Ice Age Ended

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 15, 2015 Ocean sediment reveals that release of carbon stored deep in the sea is linked to the rise in atmospheric CO2 that caused the world to warm. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Power Brokers’ Chains Hold Back Forest Protections

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Feb 13, 2015 U.K. think tank says inaction by the "Forest 500" means global efforts to end deforestation by 2030 are not keeping pace with the rate of destruction. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Triggers Threats to Marine Ecosystems

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 7, 2015 Just as marine commerce could soon exploit the opening of the fabled north-west or north-east passages between the two great oceans, so could at least 80 species of fish. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Cranks Up Extinction Threat to Borneo Mammals

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 3, 2015 Endangered species in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots face even greater peril as climate change adds to loss of habitat caused by deforestation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chimps’ Survival Hopes Jeopardized by Climate Change

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 30, 2015 One of our closest animal relatives is at risk of being wiped out as changing rainfall patterns threaten to destroy its Central African habitat. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The World We are Shaping Is Feeling the Strain

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 16, 2015 The world risks being destabilised by human activity, scientists report, most of it the work of a wealthy minority of us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tropical Forests May Be Giving Climate Extra Help

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jan 4, 2015 New research indicates that the role of the world’s tropical forests in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may have been underestimated. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Professors Plead With Greens to Accept Nuclear Power

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Dec 26, 2014 Academics argue that nuclear power is essential to save the planet from climate change, but critics say they seem to have forgotten the danger of a nuclear winter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Loss of Rainforests Is Double Whammy Threat to Climate

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 20, 2014 New research spells out the devastating impacts that complete destruction of tropical forests would have on global temperatures, weather patterns and agriculture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )