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The jet stream has a lot to answer for – and not just here in the UK
We are not the only part of the world to have weather that has been stuck in a rut this winter. The US has seen some extreme weather too, but not wind and rain like us.
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The 1970s get a bad press. Economic ruin, union strife, racism, Jimmy Savile, embarrassing music – the list is endless. But was this decade really as bad as it’s portrayed?
David Cameron defends the government’s handling of the flood crisis and says lessons need to be learned during a visit to storm-damaged parts of Britain.
We are not the only part of the world to have weather that has been stuck in a rut this winter. The US has seen some extreme weather too, but not wind and rain like us.
As the Warsaw climate change meeting opens, there is already a mandate to prepare a new global warming treaty. Environmental lawyer Alistair McGlone asks whether meaningful negotiations can now start.
Imagine a lieutenant-colonel in the Saudi Arabian army. Now imagine a conceptual artist from the same country. Put them together and you get Abdulnasser Gharem, who has his first big show in London.
Some of them sound like the stuff of science fiction, but can ideas from the brave new world of geoengineering slow or reverse global warming?
The conclusions of today’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is stark. Environmental lawyer Alistair McGlone asks if there is the political will to respond with concrete action.
Flooding, famine, drought and disease – the impact of climate change predicted in the IPCC scientists’ report could have a negative impact for millions of people in the poorest parts of the world.
It only takes a few extreme weather events or a prolonged drought to pit humans against each other.
The beginnings of the next tropical storm are currently swirling around in the bay of Campeche, just off the coast of Mexico.
Algae cookies, grass, bug paste… What will we be eating in the future? Channel 4 news explores 10 of the most interesting ideas.
Since late last week, an intense and dangerous heatwave has gripped the south west of the US, with California, Arizona and Nevada seeing record-breaking temperatures.
Will today’s speech on climate change by President Obama put the US on course to improve its position as the world’s second largest pollutor?
Stars of the BBC comedy Blackadder, Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson, are among those receiving titles in the Queen’s birthday honours, while singer Adele is awarded an MBE.
The Met Office is gathering around 20 experts from UK academia to discuss the unusual run of weather that has been experienced in recent seasons and examine some of the potential causes.