CLIMATE
Modelling a fossil fuel free future
Jan 13, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A new model suggests that fossil fuel reserves must remain unexploited to contain climate change
Geo Briefing: Australia’s bushfires
Jan 07, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Once again, the Australian summer is dominated by raging bushfires. Why is fire such a huge problem in Australia?
Jay-Z, climate change and horror fiction
Dec 17, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
What connects a famous rapper, fashion, and horror fiction? Climate change, apparently
California’s drought is the worst in 1,200 years
Dec 12, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
New tree data shows 2012–2014 drought in California was the most severe since the 13th century
Typhoon Hagupit makes landfall in Philippines
Dec 08, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Hagupit is weaker than last year’s devastating Typhoon Haiyan, but the Philippines is taking no chances
Big floods, big data
Dec 06, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Climate change has contributed to more severe and frequent floods in the Andes in recent decades, but a new prediction model may help mitigate the impact
Smartphones to map pollution levels
Dec 05, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
A new app and attachment for smartphones helps scientists trace air pollution
Chinese meat demand drives livestock greenhouse emissions
Dec 03, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
Huge growth in meat consumption in China leads new study to conclude ‘rising global demand for meat and dairy produce means emissions will continue to rise’
Burn moor, or less?
Nov 29, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
An authoritative study has revealed the environmental effects of moorland burning. The Effects of Moorland Burning on the Ecohydrology of River basins project (EMBER), adds to a debate over grouse moor management
New geoengineering studies sceptical of success
Nov 29, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
The UK’s first set of publicly-funded studies into climate intervention have dealt a blow to supporters of geoengineering projects, with results finding problems converting theories into successful possibilities
China’s great carbon leap backwards
Nov 22, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
China’s efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are making no progress due to its rapid economic growth, says new research from the University of East Anglia
Tuscan olive harvest destroyed by fruit fly
Nov 21, 2014
Written by
Marco Magrini
Freak weather has encouraged a plague of olive parasites to destroy this year’s harvest
Changing your diet can ‘save the planet’
Nov 13, 2014
Written by
Katy Marriott
With increasing pressure on agriculture, climate, population numbers and health, a much needed panacea for humanity’s manifold crises may be just a bite away
Robber barons and weather patterns
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
When extreme weather hits a country, food shortages follow. A report by the University of Oxford examined four events and concluded that authorities in all those countries were unprepared for such extreme weather and, as a result, citizens suffered
Ozone layer healing
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
The ozone layer is on track to recover in the next few decades, according to the first comprehensive report on its health in over four years
India, China, USA lead CO2 growth
Nov 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
High-end CO2 emission scenarios continue to predominate global warming forecasts, according to the Global Carbon Project. Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production grew 2.3 per cent to a record high of 36.1 billion tonnes in 2013
Scientists probe fracking chemicals
Oct 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
‘The industrial side was saying, “We’re just using food additives, basically making ice cream here.” On the other side, there’s talk about the injection of thousands of toxic chemicals’
Air traffic growth to beat carbon reduction
Oct 01, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
The airline industry is growing so fast that it will easily outpace carbon reduction efforts, according to a University of Southampton study
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