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Alister Doyle

ARTICLES BY ALISTER DOYLE

Research into ‘solar geo-engineering’, which would mimic big volcanic eruptions that can cool the Earth by masking the sun with a veil of ash. Photo: AP

Scientists study ways to dim sunshine, slow global warming

2 min read . 10 Apr 2018

Corals already face risks from ocean temperatures, pollution and overfishing. Photo: Reuters

Coral reefs at risk of dissolving as oceans get more acidic, shows study

1 min read . 23 Feb 2018

Finn Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization, at the opening session of the COP23 United Nations climate change conference on Monday in Bonn, Germany, on Sunday. Photo: AFP

2017 to be among three hottest years on record: United Nations

2 min read . 06 Nov 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. Trump once dismissed climate change as a Chinese hoax to harm the US economy, and said in June that he would pull out of the Paris Agreement and promote US coal and oil. Photo: Reuters

China may grasp climate leadership at UN talks with Trump pulling out

2 min read . 05 Nov 2017

China and India are on track to over-achieve on their Paris Agreement goals for limiting their rising greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Photo: Jim Cole/AP

Many nations pin climate hopes on China, India as hopes for Donald Trump fade

3 min read . 17 May 2017

An undated Nasa illustration shows Arctic sea ice at a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and Nasa. Photo: Reuters/Nasa

Arctic ice sets new record low for winter: Scientists

2 min read . 23 Mar 2017

Scientists fear the loss of ice shelves around the frozen continent will allow glaciers inland to slide faster towards the sea as temperatures rise because of global warming, raising world sea levels. (Scientists fear the loss of ice shelves around the frozen continent will allow glaciers inland to slide faster towards the sea as temperatures rise because of global warming, raising world sea levels.)

Huge iceberg poised to break off Antarctica, say scientists

1 min read . 06 Jan 2017

The Arctic was the region showing the sharpest rise in temperatures, while many other areas of the globe, including parts of Africa and Asia, also suffered unusual heat. Photo: Reuters (Reuters )

World heat breaks records in 2016 in new sign of global warming

2 min read . 06 Jan 2017

US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Trump looking at fast ways to quit global climate deal

2 min read . 13 Nov 2016

Worldwide, scientists are trying to see if rising ocean temperatures cause more leaks. Photo: AFP

Scientists find 500 US seabed vents of methane

1 min read . 20 Oct 2016

US Secretary of State John Kerry, whose government hopes to leave a strong legacy in fighting global warming, hailed the Kigali agreement as a ‘monumental’ step forward. Photo: Reuters

Benefits of greenhouse gas pact may fall short of high hopes

2 min read . 16 Oct 2016

A file photo of an air conditioner production unit. The Rwanda meet from 10-14 October, part of the 1987 Montreal Protocal, will be the third key deal in a month to limit climate change. Photo: Reuters

India under pressure on greenhouse gas emissions ahead of Rwanda climate meet

2 min read . 10 Oct 2016

The Paris Agreement aims to limit a rise in world temperatures to ‘well below’ 2 degrees Celsius above those in pre-industrial times. Photo: AP

Paris climate accord to go into force, but faces test of enforcement

2 min read . 04 Oct 2016

A rock with the stromatolites, tiny layered structures from 3.7 billion years ago that are remnants from a community of microbes that used to be live there. Photo: AP/University of Wollonggong

Oldest fossils found in Greenland, from time Earth was like Mars

2 min read . 01 Sept 2016

Melting ice shows through at a cliff face at Landsend, on the coast of Cape Denison, Antarctica. Photo: Reuters

Antarctica’s sea ice said to be vulnerable to sudden retreat

1 min read . 16 Aug 2016

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA image. Photo: Reuters

Antarctic seas defy global warming thanks to chill from the deep

1 min read . 30 May 2016

Red knots are shrinking because climate change in their Arctic nesting grounds makes life harder during their winters in Africa. Photo: Reuters

Shrinking Arctic bird suffers double hit from global warming

1 min read . 13 May 2016

World map showing natural world heritage sites and indicating those threatened by industrial activity. Photo: AFP

Half of natural World Heritage sites at risk from industry: WWF

2 min read . 06 Apr 2016

A scree grab of Norwegian Nobel Institute website.

Nobel Peace Prize shatters record for nominees for 2016

1 min read . 31 Mar 2016

World sea levels are creeping higher, the UN panel says, partly because global warming is adding water to the oceans by melting glaciers from the Andes to the Alps and parts of vast ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica. Photo: AP

As sea levels rise, economic damage piles up even faster

1 min read . 29 Feb 2016