Climate Change

Two eminent scientists see role for religious leaders in saving planet's 'natural capital'.

People's Climate March will take place in New York City on 21 September before UN Climate Summit.

Shifting urban transportation majorly from cars to public transport can reduce 40 percent emissions by 2050, says a report.

Ocean acidification from human activity "hammering" coral reef growth in Australia.

A study has found proof of the close link between Asian monsoons and the global climate while showing the phenomenon existed 40 million years ago.

China will ramp up research into potential energy source from 2017

Increasingly concentrated urban populations in areas prone to hazards is one cause.

Report shows distortions and bias in proposed textbooks to be approved in Texas in November

Scientists warn most glaciers on land will melt rapidly in 200 years.

World Meteorological Organisation releases data showing fastest carbon emissions rate last year.

Attenborough says nature reserves and parks are not enough to save devastating wildlife losses.

Antarctic sea level rising faster than average global rate, study finds.

Trekkers dumping plastic waste in Himalayas could be contributing to flooding of the region, warn experts.

Nobel Prize winning economist identifies climate change as the biggest problem facing the global economy of the future.

Habitat loss, climate change and environmental contamination are threatening many birds with extinction.

Study finds more than 500 methane vents off US east coast that could worsen global warming.

An alternate theory for the pause in global warming cites Atlantic currents

Pause in global warming since 1998 is due to climate fluctuations and weak solar irradiance, study finds

A study done by a team of climate scientists warns of dangers of sea level rise from melting of Antarctic ice.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research say extreme weather caused by trapped atmospheric waves.

Carbon soot alone from wildfires could be adding up quite a bit to global temperature.

The impact of climate change will result in a wider temperature range of extreme events, according to research.

Disaster in India's Maharashtra state claims 27 lives so far while eight people have been rescued.

Geologist Dr Jason Box says increased methane levels above Siberia is linked to mystery craters

With US exporting over 10% of its coal, the country is being accused of exporting its pollution.

Natural climate shifts are not as potent as human-induced ones in affecting crop production.

Antarctic fur seals are adapting to climate change induced variations but not able to pass advantages to next generations.

A mistake in calibration of satellite data may have led to the report on sea ice expansion in Antarctica.

Seals deliberately seek out and forage around offshore wind turbines, scientists find.

The present pause in warming does not mean there is any let up in emissions.