Category Archives: Climate

Why the world’s first flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel is a green mirage

November 30, 2023 by Mike Andrews

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner landing at Heathrow international airport in London. Fasttailwind/Shutterstock Gareth Dale, Brunel University London and Josh Moos, Leeds Beckett University A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is set to take off from Heathrow on November 28 and head for … Continue reading →

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Wind turbine blades: inside the battle to overcome their waste problem

November 29, 2023 by Mike Andrews

What to do with them? thaiview/Shutterstock Peter Deeney, University College Cork; Kieran Ruane, Munster Technological University, and Paul Leahy, University College Cork Wind-farm owners in Europe are holding off on scrapping their old turbines to maximise the power they can … Continue reading →

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COP28: a year on from climate change funding breakthrough, poor countries eye disappointment at Dubai summit

November 23, 2023 by Mike Andrews

COP28: a year on from climate change funding breakthrough, poor countries eye disappointment at Dubai summit Lisa Vanhala, UCL At the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, an agreement to establish a loss and damage fund was hailed as a major … Continue reading →

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Sunak’s climate shift is out of touch with the demands of the UK’s workforce – here’s why

November 16, 2023 by Mike Andrews

UK workers have a high degree of concern about the climate crisis. MNBB Studio/Shutterstock Vera Trappmann, University of Leeds and Jo Cutter, University of Leeds Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to introduce a bill aimed at granting new oil and … Continue reading →

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This is the world’s hottest autumn on record – and it’s impacting the climate system and human society

November 15, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Scott McGrane, University of Strathclyde and Christopher J White, University of Strathclyde We are still getting used to a “new normal” of devastating summer heatwaves. But the effects of a warming climate are being felt throughout the year, and recent … Continue reading →

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Rishi Sunak is wrong: we polled the British public and found it largely supports strong climate policies

November 14, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Christian Bretter, University of Leeds and Felix Schulz, University of Leeds The UK’s Tory government is rolling back climate legislation and is continuing to fund the expansion of domestic oil and gas reserves. Our new research suggests this might be … Continue reading →

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How climate change is affecting the seasons

November 1, 2023 by Mike Andrews

I Wei Huang/Shutterstock Jadu Dash, University of Southampton Autumn has finally arrived in the UK following an unusually sunny September. The days are growing shorter, the temperature cooler, and the leaves are changing colour. The delayed onset of autumn in … Continue reading →

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6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now

October 9, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne The world is very warm right now. We’re not only seeing record temperatures, but the records are being broken by record-wide margins. Take the preliminary September global-average temperature anomaly of 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels, … Continue reading →

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How dormant plant traits could be reawakened to unlock fertiliser-free farming

October 6, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Giles Oldroyd, University of Cambridge Plants are among the most intrepid explorers on Earth. Roughly 460 million years ago, the first plants started leaving lakes and rivers and appeared on land. At that time, the surface of Earth was mostly … Continue reading →

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Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK

October 5, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Jared J. Finnegan, UCL In two recent speeches, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the costs of everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles as justification for weakening the country’s climate policy. There is a strategy behind this, but it’s … Continue reading →

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