I’m a climate scientist – here’s three key things I have learned over a year of COVID: The planet had already warmed by around 1.2? since pre-industrial times when the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic on March 11 2020. This began a sudden and unprecedented drop in human activity, as much of the …
Climate change is flooding the Arctic Ocean with light – what it means for the species that live there: This is a transcript of episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, How climate change if flooding the Arctic Ocean with light. In this episode, two experts explain how melting ice in the far north is …
How new social housing can help fight climate change: Houses as power stations. Shutterstock/Studio Harmony Homes are the places we spend most of our time, especially during lockdown. Heating your home in winter can be expensive, and comes at a huge environmental cost too. Technology to make homes more self sufficient could help the UK …
Diving in the icy depths: the scientists studying what climate change is doing to the Arctic Ocean – The Conversation Weekly podcast: The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than any other place on Earth. Kevin Xu Photography via Shutterstock In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, two experts explain how …
Three possible futures for global climate scepticism: Climate change scepticism has been present in politics for as long as climate change itself. Part of a wider outlook of environmental scepticism, it encompasses a range of views from outright denial that the world is warming through to attempts to downplay or sideline the risks stemming from …
South Africa in the news: Mining growth projects add glimmer of hope in dreary economic climate: As mining companies turn to domestic growth-development projects, their spending spree may be what the sector needs to lift it from a slump it has endured for many years. Companies such as platinum …: “South Africa” – BingNews SPX …
Earth’s existential threats: inequality, pandemics and climate change demand global leadership: Future of the planet is in our hands. PopTika/Nasa Asked in 2003, the UK’s astronomer royal, Martin Rees, gave our present society 50/50 odds of lasting until the end of the century. It’s fair to say the odds haven’t improved in the years since …
Why Nigeria’s religious leaders should learn more about climate change: Nigeria's religious leaders should play greater roles in climate change Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Climate change is a global issue, but it disproportionately affects developing countries like Nigeria. Part of the response needs to be on a large political and institutional scale, based …
At last, climate science may be able to predict tropical Atlantic weather better: The possibility of accurate predictions will aid planning adaptation for severe weather conditions Tim Graham/Getty Images El Niño Southern Oscillation or ENSO, an anomalous warming of the surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean, is famous for producing months-long unusual weather patterns …
Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change: vchal / shutterstock The world experienced a few centuries of apocalyptic conditions 42,000 years ago, triggered by a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles combined with changes in the Sun’s behaviour. That’s the key finding of our new multidisciplinary study, published …
Britain’s right-wing tabloids have turned to ‘green nationalism’ to sell climate action: Lenscap Photography / shutterstock Britain’s right-wing tabloids have historically not been champions of action on climate change and other environmental issues. In fact they have prominently opposed such action, regularly providing space for climate scepticism and running frontpage stories that challenged the existence …
Climate change is making extreme cold much less likely, despite the UK plummeting to -23°C: Braemar, Aberdeenshire, which recorded the UK's lowest temperature since 1995. Jane Barlow/PA The UK, along with large parts of northern Europe, is in the grip of an unusually cold period of weather thanks to a flow of cold easterly winds …
Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why: Wadstock/Shutterstock The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon – the raw …
South Africa in the news: Meeting climate goals ‘would save millions of lives every year’ through shift to healthier and greener diets: Taking tougher action to meet the world’s climate goals could save millions of lives each year, according to a study. More stringent action on greenhouse gases would come with knock-on benefits for …: …
Greta Thunberg effect: people familiar with young climate activist may be more likely to act: She was declared Time magazine’s person of the year in the same month that Donald Trump told her to “work on her anger management issues”. Greta Thunberg has attracted international attention since her lone demonstration outside the Swedish Parliament in …
Uganda’s Batwa community are vulnerable to climate change, but aren’t involved in adaptation decisions: The Batwa community are believed to be one of the original inhabitants of the Equatorial Forest in the Great Lakes Region. Uganda’s Batwa community are highly vulnerable; they don’t own much land and often don’t have access to capital. They were …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 13 of “Travels in the interior of Brazil : with notices on its climate, agriculture, commerce, population, mines, manners, and customs : and a particular account of the gold and diamond districts : including a voyage to the Rio de La Plata Image by Internet Archive Book Images …
South Africa in the news: Biden-Kerry International Climate Politricks: Is U.S. President Joe Biden’s January 27 Executive Order to address ‘climate crisis’ as good as many activists claim, enough to reverse earlier scepticism? To be sure, it’s great that the word crisis …: “South Africa” – BingNews Trump announces his new impeachment defense team days …