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Looking to the future: 2012 in climate news

  • 09 Jan 2012, 15:00
  • Bárbara Mendes-Jorge

With 2011 having brought new versions of the same old insights in climate news, we bring you our ten likely trends in climate coverage for 2012 - and predict more of (some of) the same. Read more

What’s going on with our winter weather?

  • 11 Jan 2012, 16:16
  • Verity Payne

We ask why this winter has been mild when the last two were cold, and take a look at how winters might change with global warming. Read more

The Daily Mail inadvertently promotes green energy, sort of

  • 11 Jan 2012, 16:00
  • Ros Donald

The Daily Mail's new splash on consumer dissatisfaction with the UK's 'big six' energy operators neatly skirts around the news that customer satisfaction with green energy companies - up to 87 per cent - is nearly twice as high as the 47 per cent na... Read more

'Lethal ice age' prevented by climate change?

  • 09 Jan 2012, 18:28
  • Verity Payne

A new paper finding that man-made climate change might disrupt the next glacial cycle has been heralded by skeptics 'saving us from the next ice age' - exposing some serious inconsistencies in their arguments. Read more

Met Office: 2011 was UK’s second warmest year

  • 09 Jan 2012, 14:25
  • Verity Payne

The Met Office have released provisional figures revealing that 2011 was the UK's second warmest year on record. What does this tell us about climate change? Read more

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