Climate change has influenced global drought risk for ‘more than a century’
The influence of human-caused climate change on global drought risk could extend back for more than a century, a study finds.
Global inequality is 25% higher than it would have been in a climate-stable world
Many of the world's poorest countries are highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and new data reveal just how big an impact it's having on inequality.
Ocean wind speeds and wave heights are growing
Using satellites and buoy data, scientists were able to determine the rate of wave growth between 1985 and 2018.
In parched South Africa, water-storing football fields give drought the boot
Teachers noticed improvements in the health and attendance of pupils after an innovative football field that purifies water was installed.
This start-up is making a palm oil alternative from used coffee grounds
Two Scottish entrepreneurs have created a palm oil replacement derived from used coffee grounds – just one of a range of new uses for the waste.
The UK has declared a state of emergency on climate change
Following widespread protests across the country, the UK parliament has declared a symbolic climate change “emergency”.
These charts show just how much forest we're losing every year
Despite a fall in rainforest loss from 2017 to 2018, the three-year moving average continues to rise.
Arctic's melting permafrost will cost nearly $70 trillion, study finds
A paper published in Nature Communications predicts that Melting permafrost could cost nearly $70 trillion, shedding light on the sheer scale of the issue.
Is toxic masculinity driving climate change? These artists think so
Women and girls account for 80% of those displaced and their vulnerabilities are exposed during climate disasters, the UN says.
To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a 'Global Deal for Nature'
A Global Deal for Nature is a plan which could avert a sixth mass extinction and reduce climate change.
This is the million-year history of the Australian continent
The Australian continent has a remarkable history — a story of isolation, desiccation and resilience on an ark at the edge of the world.
How will climate change’s warming pattern look in the future?
Dr Andrew King examines how local temperatures are expected to change in different models.