The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get Simon H. Lee, University of St Andrews; Hayley J. Fowler, Newcastle University, and Paul Davies, Newcastle University Extreme weather is by definition rare on our … Continue reading
One garden, one year and one woman’s mission to make space for urban wildlife Duqie/Shutterstock Elizabeth Nicholls, University of Sussex UK gardens cover a total area of 4,000 square kilometres – that’s a quarter of the size of Wales – and … Continue reading
Inside the political struggle at the IPCC that will determine the next six years of climate science rafapress / shutterstock Hannah Hughes, Aberystwyth University The UN’s climate science advisory group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is currently meeting in … Continue reading
We’ve discovered the world’s trees absorb methane – so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thought Researchers measure methane exchange on upland trees in Peru. Vincent Gauci, CC BY-ND Vincent Gauci, University of Birmingham Tree bark … Continue reading
Cumbria coal mine shows planning is the next battleground in UK climate policy Gareth Fearn, University of Manchester and Pancho Lewis, Lancaster University Last week the UK’s new Labour government made a bold decision. The new minister for local government, Angela … Continue reading
