Climate Science

A major report reveals global warming reached 1.37°C above pre-industrial levels in 2025, with scientists warning the 1.5°C threshold could be exceeded within four years.…

Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban…

Scientists have warned that humidity, not just temperature, could determine which species survive in an era of escalating heatwaves

From collapsing maize yields to a possible cyclone hitting Richards Bay, a Wits expert warns that South Africa’s climate future is fast becoming hotter, drier and more dangerous

Chief executives have begun to recognise the importance of sustainability, but we urgently need climate science-aligned policies that provide a new framework for business

In deciding how the world responds to the climate crisis, policymakers rely on research that tends to be written predominantly by men in the Global North

This year’s UN climate conference will be the first in-person meeting since COP25 in 2019, when developing countries walked away, outraged by the poor outcome

Scientists can forecast how vulnerable species are to climate change using the right tools

Scholes ‘a giant in the field of climate science’ – Wits University

Should Africa’s largest emitter rely on tree planting initiatives to mitigate?

During Cyclone Idai, responses were hampered by a shortage of reliable information. This has worrying implications for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic

The Arctic ice sheet is dwindling at a catastrophic rate, but researchers say building 10-million wind-powered pumps could save it.

You’re not doing your company any favours by coming to work when you’re ill, experts warn.

Researchers are using baobab trees to learn about climate conditions that prevailed thousands of years ago.

A new discipline embraces the bigger pictures that link problems such as poverty and climate change.