Climate change
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Winnowing away of the ice, exacerbated by soot blown on to the ice from wildfires, means Greenland’s ice sheet is stuck in a ‘feedback loop’
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Planet Oz Did global warming really slow down? Have a large injection of nuance and a side-order of abuse
Graham ReadfearnAuthors of analysis say the rise in global temperatures slowed between 2001 and 2014. Cue misinterpretation from climate science denialists -
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Reports find increases in family violence and mental health problems due to stress of natural disasters outweighs cost of rebuilding infrastructure
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Reclaim the Power says it will use direct action at a dozen international sites in May, including the UK’s largest opencast coal mine in south Wales
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The Oscar-winning actor’s environmental activism may not quite stretch back to What’s Eating Gilbert Grape but he has steadily schooled himself on the oceans and climate change since the 1990s
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Note from the European commission reveals emissions trading system allowance numbers are not in line with global 2C target
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The Academy Award ceremony saw a plethora of principled statements from the winners’ podium – with more than #OscarsSoWhite in their sights
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Coal use fell 3.7% in 2015, following 2.9% drop in 2014, as China tries to wean itself off fuel that causes local air pollution problems and global warming
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Australian Conservation Foundation report shows a 3.2% jump in emissions by the country’s biggest polluters despite Coalition’s climate target claims
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Measures to save 10m tonnes of CO2 emissions per year have been delayed amid concerns highlighted by ‘toastergate’
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In just three years the rate of clearing will create enough additional carbon dioxide emissions to cancel out emissions savings the government says it will make by paying farmers $670m to stop cutting down trees
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The national campaign director for The Wilderness Society believes the C02 report reveals many damning findings regarding the current level of tree clearing in Australia
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At our weatherboard infants’ school in the bush, the memorably severe Miss Cashman had to get us to safety when the bushfire came
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Tasmania's bushfires: a human-made calamity on par with the razing of Palmyra's temples
Karl MathiesenAs 1,000-year-old trees turn to ash and dried-out peat bogs burn, the devastation of these precious plains is a harbinger of a warmer, far less wonderful world -
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Former UN leaders and charity chiefs publish letter warning attempts to combat poverty and climate change would be damaged by leaving the EU
100 months to save the world When it comes to a shift to low-carbon energy, key players need a history lesson