Clownfish are being expelled from their home of anemones as warming oceans stress both the fish and their invertebrate marine home.
Famine and conflict can either be prevented, or the impact minimised, if institutions and mechanisms of good governance are in place
Readers write in about the effect of climate change on the poor, faith, and racial stereotypes.
Scientists have warned that swathes of South Asia may be uninhabitable due to rising temperatures by 2100.
Average US temperatures have risen dramatically and fast, with recent decades the warmest of the past 1 500 years.
Rising temperatures due to global warming will make it harder for aircraft to take off in coming decades.
"Coal use is dropping globally, with a 5.9% reduction last year."
Of the 186 countries assessed in a recent survey of climate vulnerability, Chad was rated most in peril.
The Knysna fires and storms in the Cape are indicators that the climate is changing. Solutions, which exist, must be implemented.
"So what Trump has said – that decisions were imposed on the US – would be inaccurate"
The growing danger of ocean-level increases is a particular problem for coastal cities because people move there in large numbers.
"Political crisis in the West means work to reduce carbon emissions has taken a back seat"
Certain companies and some government departments oppose a carbon tax, killing off a great environmental project.
A new kidney disease is striking down labourers in what could be one of the first epidemics caused by global warming.
Ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said improving the education system in Africa will replenish the continent’s skills gap.
New research has found that there are 50 000 more people with cholera across East Africa in each year that El Niño is around.
Control of increasingly scarce water is being used by armed groups to challenge central governments, causing untold suffering to civilians.
The world is warming at 170 times its natural rate, thanks to human action and carbon emissions.
The environment department can now stop initiatives that contribute to climate change.
A new coal-fired utility planned for Limpopo will contribute to global warming, and climate change will affect its ability to run efficiently.
The largest emitter of greenhouse gases in South Africa is Eskom’s fleet of coal-fired power stations, which make up half of national emissions.
The Arctic ice sheet is dwindling at a catastrophic rate, but researchers say building 10-million wind-powered pumps could save it.
Humanity is now living through the hottest period in over a hundred-thousand years.
While warm-blooded animals could adapt to changing temperatures because they regulate their own temperature, cold-blooded dinosaurs could not.
Reluctant to take real measures to stop global warming, countries have turned to quick-fix solutions.
Britain, Europe and the US are snuggling up to their carbon-emitting coal fires
Most countries cannot afford to keep species alive; they have to pay their own way. Human pressures and the changing climate indicate difficulties.
"Ice is shrinking at both ends of the planet, a development alarming scientists."
Soil carbon emissions aren’t calculated in the Paris Agreement on slowing climate change, which means we may not reach the 2˚C target.
Agreement on cutting CO2 emissions is a historic deal, and for the rest of Africa to get energy.
The diversity of measures being taken by 170 states is reflected in Marrakesh’s bottom-up approach.
Inadequate infrastructure and clogged storm water drains are costing lives as extreme weather patterns become more frequent.