Climate Change

As Nasa's Earth science programmes are in the firing line, scientists protest against burying evidence.

Martha Henriques Dec 15, 2016

The team had demanded the names of employees who assisted President Barack Obama in his climate policy efforts.

Pavitra Dwibhashyam Dec 15, 2016

Climate change denier who sits on board of controversial Dakota oil pipeline will form US energy policy.

Graham Lanktree Dec 14, 2016

The consequences of atmospheric rivers may be dramatic for wild oyster populations.

Léa Surugue Dec 14, 2016

The Arctic Report Card 2016 shows that this year has set a slew of records in the Arctic.

Martha Henriques Dec 13, 2016

The Marinoan glaciation lasted for millions of years and covered the Earth in ice from pole to pole.

Martha Henriques Dec 13, 2016

Ice ages have been linked to the Earth's wobbly orbit - but our activities may have delayed the next one considerably.

Mark Maslin Dec 13, 2016

Perry would be heading up a department that he famously forgot during a primary debate.

James Tennent Dec 13, 2016

Geoengineering scientists say calcite could curb global warming without destroying the ozone layer.

Hannah Osborne Dec 12, 2016

If Antarctica melted entirely, the sea level would be about 58 metres higher than it is today.

Martha Henriques Dec 12, 2016

Upward trend of methane concentrations in the atmosphere is bad news - but it also presents an opportunity.

Pep Canadell Dec 12, 2016

President-elect hints at approving Keystone XL pipeline and speeding up energy projects.

Graham Lanktree Dec 12, 2016

Hedgehogs are being born early, thinking that the hibernation period is over.

Fiona Keating Dec 11, 2016

Final episode of series will focus on cities and how animals adapt to these artificial habitats.

Michela Cortese Dec 09, 2016

Historically stable parts of the Tibetan plateau are now starting to collapse.

Martha Henriques Dec 09, 2016

In the Pleistocene period, small ice caps at the easternmost edges of the country were the only ones to survive.

Martha Henriques Dec 07, 2016

Some animals were vulnerable to historic climate change, while other populations actually increased.

Martha Henriques Dec 07, 2016

As sea ice is lost due to climate change, polar bears will have nowhere to hunt and live.

Martha Henriques Dec 07, 2016

No, it's not true. But there are plenty of unusual things happening at the poles at the moment.

Martha Henriques Dec 06, 2016

Ice deep in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet records how quickly the continent warmed from 20,000 years ago.

Martha Henriques Dec 06, 2016

The former US vice president met Ivanka Trump ahead of meeting her father to discuss climate change.

Ananya Roy Dec 06, 2016

Previous reports suggested that Ivanka Trump wanted to make climate change one of her signature issues.

James Tennent Dec 05, 2016

Nuclear plants need to be protected against natural disasters occurring once every 10,000 years.

Fiona Keating Dec 04, 2016

The 16-year-old is leading a global fight against climate degradation.

Lydia Smith Dec 02, 2016

Climate change will halve Vietnam's coffee plantations by 2050, but destroying forests for more plantations would make the problem worse.

Martha Henriques Dec 02, 2016

The overall number of tornadoes hasn't increased, but they're coming in bigger, more dangerous clusters.

Martha Henriques Dec 01, 2016

The decade saw freakishly bad weather – and if the cold didn't kill you, famine, disease or poverty might.

Martha Henriques Dec 01, 2016

Eruption in 946CE released more climate forcing gasses than any other volcano in last 2,000 years.

Hannah Osborne Nov 30, 2016

The imagery shows processes that changed the planet including deforestation and glacial movement.

Sarmistha Acharya Nov 30, 2016

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon is on the rise again. Over the past four years it has risen 35%.

David Sim Nov 29, 2016