Kodda / Shutterstock Myles Allen, University of Oxford The UK government has given the go-ahead to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) schemes worth £22 billion (US$28.6 billion). Critics are insisting that this technology – which involves capturing carbon as … Continue reading
A white stork nesting in the city. Dr.MYM/Shutterstock Heather Alberro, University of Manchester As species go extinct and a habitable climate teeters, it’s understandable to feel despair. Some of the world’s top climate scientists have expressed their mounting hopelessness at … Continue reading
Who’s to blame when climate change turns the lights off? Chris Medland, University of Surrey Deadly Storm Boris has flooded large areas of central Europe and the UK, destroying homes and displacing thousands of people. With the flooding of sub-stations, the … Continue reading
When did the climate crisis begin? Iron and Coal, a mid-19th century portrait. William Bell Scott Jack Marley, The Conversation How old is the climate crisis? I was born in 1994, when the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere was measured … Continue reading
Sara Saadouni, Nottingham Trent University As the UK braces for yet another record-breaking heatwave, we are starkly reminded of the need for climate-resilient architecture in a warming world. In the last few decades, architects have been addressing this by considering … Continue reading
