NATURE
Hidden gateways undermine East Antarctica’s largest glacier
Mar 18, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Researchers at the University of Texas have uncovered two gateways on the sea floor that allow warm ocean water to reach the base of the Totten Glacier, speeding up its thinning process
Vanishing coast
Mar 17, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Trinidad and Tobago is losing its coastline, a problem for an island nation where 70 per cent of the population lives near the edge
Tracking Cyclone Pam
Mar 16, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
As Vanuatu recovers from the island’s worst ever natural disaster, Geographical looks at how Pacific cyclones are tracked and how Cyclone Pam’s impact will be mapped
New land ahoy
Mar 13, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A recent volcanic eruption in Tonga caused a new island to emerge from the sea. But how unique an event is this? And will it last?
US hurricanes predicted in Africa
Mar 13, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Atlantic hurricane development in West Africa could be predicted weeks before formation
Anthropocene in the New World?
Mar 12, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
As the debate over the Anthropocene – the proposed new geological age – continues, a new study argues the epoch actually started in 1610
China’s inconvenient truth [VIDEO]
Mar 12, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A film uncovering and deploring the extent of air pollution and environmental degradation in China has started a national conversation
Ice sheet melt rate underestimated
Mar 11, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains enough ice to raise the global sea level by 16 feet, and it could be melting faster than previously thought
California’s long-term quake forecast
Mar 11, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Outlook is for fewer small quakes, but an increased risk from the ‘Big One’
Law of the wild
Mar 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Sweden’s annual wolf hunt was only open for a few hours before a court closed the season. A few days and one court decision later, it was open again
Kiwis dry out
Mar 07, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
New Zealand suffered a record drought between 2012 and 2013, if current weather trends continue 2015 could prove to be even worse
Larsen’s rift
Mar 05, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Larsen A and Larsen B ice shelves are long gone, breaking from the Antarctic Peninsula in 1995 and 2002 respectively. Now researchers at Swansea University suggest that Larsen C, big brother to the two vanished shelves, is cracking up
Locals beat satellites to map carbon in Amazon
Mar 04, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Basic ecology fieldwork techniques may allow indigenous groups to beat satellite data on carbon storage in the Amazon
Now we can all do climate modelling
Mar 03, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Global Calculator is a new online tool that lets anyone model future energy sources and carbon dioxide emissions, revealing potential ways to prevent a two-degree temperature rise
UK approves world’s biggest offshore wind-farm
Feb 27, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
Plans for up to 400 turbines located 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast have been given consent by the UK government in what would be the country’s biggest source of renewable energy
Arctic ambassador advised for UK
Feb 27, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
The United Kingdom must appoint an ambassador for the Arctic region, or it risks becoming an irrelevance in decisions over the polar area’s future, a House of Lords report has concluded
Controversial oil pipeline vetoed by Obama
Feb 26, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
In what has been seen as a key victory for environmentalists, President Obama has vetoed a controversial Canada-to-USA oil pipeline, citing issues related to ‘security, safety and [the] environment’
Honouring Antarctica’s fallen scientists
Feb 26, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A monument to Britons who lost their lives for science in Antarctica has been unveiled on the waterfront in Stanley, Falkland Islands
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