Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise
Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds
May 2024
Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps
David King
Reduce emissions, build resilience, repair ecosystems, remove greenhouse gases: these are the four Rs that can save us, says David King, chair of the global Climate Crisis Advisory Group
The Maldives faces existential threat from a climate crisis it did little to create. We need the world’s help now
Mohamed Muizzu
Small islands like ours face an uncertain future. We can adapt – but climate finance that we badly need must be unlocked, says Mohamed Muizzu, president of the Maldives
Science Weekly
Why are the world’s cities sinking?
Madeleine Finlay speaks to Prof Manoochehr Shirzaei of Virginia Tech University and Prof Robert Nicholls of the University of East Anglia to find out what’s making our cities sink, and whether anything can be done to rescue them from the sea
April 2024
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley review – a compelling sea view of civilisation
This provocative and engrossing history of marine life identifies its role in shaping us – and the future crisis we face
March 2024
Weatherwatch
Sinking US cities increase risk of flooding from rising sea levels
Massachusetts town grapples with sea rise after sand barrier fails
February 2024
Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet
Research shows there has been a near-quadrupling across Greenland of methane-producing wetlands
January 2024
Australia not prepared for how Antarctic ice changes will hit economy, scientist warns
Exclusive: Prof Matt King says accelerated melting could transform country and affect viability of some agricultural industries
December 2023
Full Story
Full Story revisited: Where did all the Antarctic sea ice go?
Cop28: Australia, US and UK say they won’t sign agreement that would be ‘death certificate’ for small islands
November 2023
Chris Bowen warns global heating will fuel political instability in annual climate statement
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
‘All we can do now is run away’: is time up for the sinking Colombian islands of San Bernardo?
October 2023
Weatherwatch
At what threshold is Greenland ice cap’s melting irreversible?
Science Weekly
‘We’ve lost control’: what happens when the west Antarctic ice sheet melts? – podcast
Rapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research shows
‘It’s time for us to go’: the Mexican fishing village swallowed by the sea
America's dirty divide
Saltwater threat to Louisiana drinking water to grow across US, experts warn
A court among the coconut palms: when justice came to visit the Torres Strait
