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Christmas Day could be the UK's warmest ever with temperatures hitting 15C
Hedgehogs are being born early, thinking that the hibernation period is over.
Fiona Keating Dec 11, 2016
Planet Earth II gets climate change message across successfully - by not mentioning climate change
Final episode of series will focus on cities and how animals adapt to these artificial habitats.
Michela Cortese Dec 09, 2016
Avalanche in Tibet that killed 9 yak herders traced back to climate change
Historically stable parts of the Tibetan plateau are now starting to collapse.
Martha Henriques Dec 09, 2016
Greenland's ice sheet once did a vanishing trick that lasted 280,000 years
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
A 500,000-year history of climate change in the US shows animals react in unpredictable ways
Some animals were vulnerable to historic climate change, while other populations actually increased.
Martha Henriques Dec 07, 2016
The world's polar bear population is on a knife edge – and set to fall by a third by 2050
As sea ice is lost due to climate change, polar bears will have nowhere to hunt and live.
Martha Henriques Dec 07, 2016
Are the headlines true, that a chunk of polar ice the size of India just melted into the sea?
No, it's not true. But there are plenty of unusual things happening at the poles at the moment.
Martha Henriques Dec 06, 2016
Antarctica is still reeling from rapid melting in the last ice age
Ice deep in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet records how quickly the continent warmed from 20,000 years ago.
Martha Henriques Dec 06, 2016
Climate change activist Al Gore holds 'extremely interesting' meeting with Trump on climate change
The former US vice president met Ivanka Trump ahead of meeting her father to discuss climate change.
Ananya Roy Dec 06, 2016
Ivanka Trump to meet former vice president Al Gore to discuss 'climate issues'
Previous reports suggested that Ivanka Trump wanted to make climate change one of her signature issues.
James Tennent Dec 05, 2016
Landslide tsunamis becoming 'more frequent' amid fears of significant threat to UK
Nuclear plants need to be protected against natural disasters occurring once every 10,000 years.
Fiona Keating Dec 04, 2016
UAE teen Kehkashan Basu wins International Children's Peace Prize for environmental activism
The 16-year-old is leading a global fight against climate degradation.
Lydia Smith Dec 02, 2016
Vietnam's forests could be saved from destruction if coffee growers go Fairtrade
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 size of extreme cluster tornadoes hitting the US has doubled in 50 years – and no one knows why
The overall number of tornadoes hasn't increased, but they're coming in bigger, more dangerous clusters.
Martha Henriques Dec 01, 2016
When was the worst time to be alive?
The decade saw freakishly bad weather – and if the cold didn't kill you, famine, disease or poverty might.
Martha Henriques Dec 01, 2016
Millennium Eruption at North Korea's volcano was so big it should've cooled the planet for years
Eruption in 946CE released more climate forcing gasses than any other volcano in last 2,000 years.
Hannah Osborne Nov 30, 2016
Google Earth Timelapse update shows stunning images depicting 30 years of climate change
The imagery shows processes that changed the planet including deforestation and glacial movement.
Sarmistha Acharya Nov 30, 2016
Brazil's environmental police are fighting a losing battle against illegal loggers in the Amazon
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
Deep cracks are appearing inland at Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica
Fast-melting glacier is breaking apart in a manner previously unseen in an Antarctic ice sheet.
Martha Henriques Nov 28, 2016
One nation leader Pauline Hanson denies coral bleaching and climate change
Pauline Hanson blasted by conservationists for taking media to Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Alice de la Chapelle Nov 27, 2016
A Peruvian farmer is suing German energy giant RWE over climate change
Churup Glacier in Peru is melting due to climate change and a resident is suing RWE.
Martha Henriques Nov 25, 2016
The North Pole is at melting point now, when it's normally -20°C at this time of year
Warmer oceans and winds plus higher temperatures combine to begin a 'vicious circle' of warming in the Arctic.
Martha Henriques Nov 25, 2016
'A terrible place' - the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica started disappearing in the 1940s
The Pine Island Glacier began melting due to extreme El Niño activity, and is now responsible for 5% of global sea-level rise.
Martha Henriques Nov 23, 2016
Viral graph shows catastrophic polar ice loss due to extreme weather
Scientists say extreme events are partly due to climate change but had different causes.
Martha Henriques Nov 23, 2016
Bolivia is suffering worst drought in 25 years, with no end in sight
Much of La Paz receives water just three days a week, from 6am to 9am, because reservoirs serving the city are nearly dry.
David Sim Nov 23, 2016
Donald Trump just backtracked on man-made climate change: 'I think there is some connectivity'
Trump softens campaign rhetoric and says he has "an open mind" on Paris Agreement.
Martha Henriques Nov 23, 2016
Mysterious ancient rock art unearthed in Jordan's Black Desert
The inscriptions tell the story of how life flourished in the desert 2,000 years ago.
Léa Surugue Nov 23, 2016
Canada announces plan to phase-out coal power by 2030
The move comes after similar plans were announced by France, the UK and other European countries.
James Tennent Nov 22, 2016
US record high temperature forecasts for the future are out
Previous models overestimated how much record high temperatures would be affected by warming climate.
Martha Henriques Nov 21, 2016
Donald Trump and Myron Ebell are the climate deniers' dream team: Here's why
Climate deniers have been on the sidelines for years. What will happen now they're in charge?
Martha Henriques Nov 19, 2016
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