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Category Archives: Climate
Rising temperatures mean more air conditioning which means more electricity is needed – rooftop solar is a perfect fit
Douglas Cliff / shutterstock Tom Rogers, Nottingham Trent University; Amin Al-Habaibeh, Nottingham Trent University; Angelines Donastorg Sosa, Coventry University, and Vahid Vahidinasab, Nottingham Trent University On June 12 this year, the UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station was awoken from … Continue reading
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Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
Soaring wetland emissions of methane reflect those which accompanied previous abrupt changes in Earth’s climate. I. Noyan Yilmaz/Shutterstock Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway University of London Since 2006, the amount of heat-trapping methane in Earth’s atmosphere has been rising fast and, … Continue reading
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Why older people are some of those worst affected by climate change
shutterstock. Gary Haq, University of York While we are all affected to some extent by extreme weather, it is older adults, especially older women and those with disabilities, who tend to be the most vulnerable. Who struggles most is partly … Continue reading
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Don’t just wait for the water firms – three things we can do right now to clean up Britain’s rivers
Simon Corrall / shutterstock Christian Dunn, Bangor University Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies are coming under more and more pressure to fix things. Most recently, a law firm has … Continue reading
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Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren’t a major barrier to public support, research reveals
Lorraine Whitmarsh, University of Bath; Caroline Verfuerth, Cardiff University, and Steve Westlake, Cardiff University Amid headlines of wildfires raging across Europe and Africa and flooding in China, the UK government took the bewildering choice to expand fossil fuel extraction. Prime … Continue reading
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Did the Anthropocene start in 1950 – or much earlier? Here’s why debate over our world-changing impact matters
Shutterstock Noel Castree, University of Technology Sydney It made world news last week when a small lake in Canada was chosen as the “Golden Spike” – the location where the emergence of the Anthropocene is most clear. The Anthropocene is … Continue reading
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