Rappler's latest stories on climate science
'Bigger and stronger' storms on the horizon – experts
Here are some answers to questions about the link between climate change and tropical storms known variously around the world as cyclones hurricanes and typhoons
Global warming reduces protein in key crops – study
Researchers say they still don t understand how or why carbon dioxide emissions sap protein and other nutrients from plants but the mystery is one that could have devastating consequences across the globe
Cities brace for climate challenges
Cities must make haste in reinforcing defenses against climate change induced flooding and heat waves experts warn this week
A low carbon future
The Renewable Portfolio Standard can address the administration s least cost energy goals while encouraging renewable energy generation
#ClimateActionPH: How we calculated your household’s carbon emissions
Here’s the explanation on how we got the values in the Household carbon footprint interactive page
'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes records
Intense heatwaves bushfires and flooding plagued the December February summer season with more than 200 records broken over 90 days the independent Climate Council said in a report
UN reports Antarctica's highest temperatures on record
Mapping Antarctica’s extremes is essential for understanding weather patterns and teasing out natural climate variability from human induced climate change the WMO said in a statement
Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming – study
Scientists in Britain find that small natural ponds gradually lose the capacity to soak up one kind of greenhouse gas and give off even more of another
Scientists debunk global warming 'pause'
A reported pause in global warming between 1998 and 2014 was false according to US British research confirming the findings of a controversial US study on ocean warming
Climate report says 2016 on pace to be hottest year yet
Even without the final data from December a NOAA report says 2016 is on pace to be record warm
'Fear is palpable' among U.S. climate scientists over Trump moves
[There is] fear that there will be either funding cuts to really critical climate science work or retribution for their work on climate change
Megacities key to reaching global climate goals
Michael Bloomberg: If we are going to avoid the worst impacts of global warming cities are going to have to play an even bigger role in the months and years ahead
Deciphering Trump's mixed signals on climate change
Donald Trump s stay of execution for pulling the United States out of a landmark climate pact is welcomed by diplomats and experts even as they fret about appointments and decisions yet to come
CO2 emissions level off, still too high to save climate – report
Emissions of planet warming carbon dioxide stayed level in 2015 at 36 3 billion tons GtCO2 and are projected to rise only slightly by 0 2 in 2016
Rapid transit key in fight against climate change – study
Cities – home to more than half of humanity – account for nearly 3 4 of all heat trapping greenhouse gases
Fossil fuel reserves would crush climate goals – report
Fossil fuels from active fields and mines allowed to operate through their projected lifetimes would punch through the 2ºC cap for global warming laid down in the Paris Agreement
August 2016 ties July 2016 for hottest month on record
Scientists from NASA s Goddard Institute for Space Studies reveal that the previous month was the warmest August in 136 years
Landfalling typhoons getting stronger – study
Storms that make landfall in East and Southeast Asia are becoming more intense compared to those that stay in the open ocean a study shows
COP22 host Morocco's mosques are going green
As Morocco counts down to COP22 its people are being exposed more and more to events and initiatives showcasing the country s involvement in protecting the planet
1991 Pinatubo explosion slowed down sea level rise – study
Sea level rise temporarily slowed down because of the massive 1991 explosion but it is again speeding up scientists say
July 2016 hottest month ever recorded – NASA
UPDATED July 2016 is officially the warmest month ever since modern record keeping began in 1880
Australia boosts climate science research in U-turn
Science Minister Greg Hunt: It s critical to our long term planning so climate science will be a bedrock function for research of the [national science body] CSIRO
May 2016 goes down as Earth's hottest on record – NASA
The Arctic in particular experienced abnormal heat causing Arctic sea ice and the Greenland ice sheet to start melting unusually early said NASA
Oceans delay warming of Antarctic waters – study
This icy insulation of the snowy continent – covered by a sheath of ice up to 4 kilometers 2 5 miles thick – could last for centuries
Third of coral 'dead or dying' in parts of Barrier Reef
UPDATED The assessment was made following months of aerial and underwater surveys after the worst bleaching in recorded history first became evident in March as sea temperatures warm
UN's Ban says time to scale up action on climate change
We need to accelerate the speed scope and scale of our response locally and globally
60M people worldwide hit by El Niño – UN
The 2015 2016 El Niño was one of the most powerful on record and has caused significant damage across 13 countries across Africa Asia Central and South America and the Pacific
Climate change: Is the 1.5ºC target a mirage?
The Paris Agreement to try to cap global warming at 1 5ºC was a stunning political victory for poor countries threatened by climate change – but scientists tasked with explaining how to get there are less than thrilled
El Niño damage in Cebu reaches P186M, so far
The figure is based on the damage reports submitted by 22 out of 51 local government units
Coral bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef – scientists
Researchers at James Cook University said only 7 of the huge reef had escaped the whitening triggered by warmer water temperatures
Last month was hottest March in modern times – US
UPDATED The average temperature planet wide was 2 20 degrees Fahrenheit 1 22 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average of 54 9 F 12 7 C the report says
Earth could become hotter than thought, study warns
Researchers say their findings add to previous studies that have suggested clouds may make warming worse rather than lessen it
How vulnerable is Mindanao to El Niño?
Because of its proximity to the equator Mindanao is the region most vulnerable to El Niño
Antarctica's melting ice may lift seas a meter by 2100 – study
Over a longer time scale the study concludes the picture is even grimmer: within 500 years Earth s once frozen continent will have lifted water lines by more than 15 meters 50 feet
Climate changing at 'unprecedented' rate – UN
Temperatures in the first two months of 2016 soared to new highs following a year that broke all previous records by a wide margin the UN s weather agency says
Release of CO2 fastest in 66 million years – study
Humans are disgorging heat trapping carbon into the atmosphere 10 times faster than during any period of natural global warming in the last 66 million years
Australia gripped in endless summer as heat breaks records
The Bureau of Meteorology has said the abnormal conditions were affecting almost the entire country in early March the month which marks the start of autumn
Coal-minded leaders left behind by green energy growth - Al Gore
If President Benigno Aquino III were in the audience he would have been inconvenienced by the former US Vice President s An Inconvenient Truth presentation in Manila
Evidence of coral bleaching on Barrier Reef as sea warms
But we are concerned about a growing incidence of minor to moderate bleaching at multiple locations along the reef as the peak of summer approaches
Acidic oceans stifling coral growth – study
The decline of shallow water corals home to a quarter of the ocean s species and a lifeline for a billion people has long been in evidence
Climate change 'forcing species to move'
Data on thousands of species found that many had shifted their ranges towards the poles or up mountains over the past century
Recovering tropical forests a sponge for CO2 – study
The research challenges long standing assumptions that virgin tropical forests untouched by logging or industry do a better job of sopping up carbon dioxide
Study: Warmer oceans, sea levels up; PH highest rate
The amount of sea level rise that comes from the oceans warming and expanding has been underestimated and is likely about twice as much as previously calculated
Earth shatters warming records: 2015 hottest 'by far'
UPDATED Not only was 2015 the warmest worldwide since 1880 it shattered the previous record held in 2014 by the widest margin ever observed
Oceans getting warmer faster, deeper – study
The oceans have soaked up as much heat from global warming over the last two decades as during the preceding 130 years – and in the long run could be a ticking time bomb that disrupts weather and climate globally
2015 a 'tipping point' for climate change
Nature along with the usually fractious family of nations conspired to make it a landmark year
#COP21: Scientists say draft climate pact a good start
The draft Paris Agreement on climate change recognizes imperatives of the science community to tackle climate change
#COP21: Climate pact puts fossil fuels on 'wrong side' of history
The fossil fuel era must end and soon environmental groups and activists
Climate change is the new battleground for human rights
People and the planet should not be treated as collateral damage in the name of economic growth and profit
Earth needs leaders who believe in climate science – Kerry
Kerry: We are going to make Paris the demarcation point where we begin to get the job done to save the planet period
