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Category Archives: Current Affairs
Four ways to eat less meat that are better for the planet, your health and your bank balance
Making a few simple eco-friendly food choices can be healthy and cost-effective too. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Katherine Appleton, Bournemouth University and Danielle Guy, Bournemouth University Do I choose the meat in my local store or drive out of town for … Continue reading
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Eight ways to overhaul the UK’s inadequate sewer system
William Perry, Cardiff University The recent surge in public scrutiny over untreated sewage in waterways paints a stark picture of the UK’s ageing sewer network. Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a legacy of a bygone era. Victorian combined sewers, designed … Continue reading
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Climate change is warping the seasons
Shawnwil23/Shutterstock Jack Marley, The Conversation The seasons aren’t what they used to be. People who live in Earth’s middle latitudes are accustomed to a spring, summer, autumn and winter. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, you may have noticed plants … Continue reading
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Right to roam: paths to 2,500 public areas are being blocked by landowners due to outdated laws
Vixen Tor on Dartmoor in Devon is one of many access islands where right to roam laws prevent people reaching an area without trespassing or arriving by helicopter. PJ photography/Shutterstock Ben Mayfield, Lancaster University Vixen Tor is a distinctive, craggy … Continue reading
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Oil firms want to drill in four of the UK’s areas of outstanding natural beauty
There’s oil under them thar Lincolnshire Wolds. Gill Kennett Tom Rogers, Nottingham Trent University Think of onshore oil fields and images of oil derricks and “nodding donkeys” may spring to mind, perhaps in Texas or the Middle East. So it … Continue reading
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Carbon markets are broken. Here are three ways we can start fixing them
Dudaeva/Shutterstock Stephen Lezak, University of Oxford and Kaya Axelsson, University of Oxford Carbon offsetting – where companies or governments atone for their carbon emissions by buying credits to fund projects that are supposed to remove emissions from the atmosphere – … Continue reading
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The world’s business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation – here’s the data to prove it
Rainforest jungle in Borneo, Malaysia, is destroyed to make way for oil palm plantations. Rich Carey/Shutterstock Mary Gagen, Swansea University Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation. But progress … Continue reading
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Offshore wind farms: policymakers are more influenced by reports that accentuate negative impacts – new study
New metrics could help policymakers assess the benefits and environmental effects of offshore wind more effectively. dragancfm/Shutterstock Claire Szostek, Plymouth Marine Laboratory Towering up to 260m above the ocean’s surface, modern wind turbines are impressive feats of engineering, producing much-needed … Continue reading
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The energy transition can be fair, just and inclusive – but the window of opportunity is closing fast
The global energy transition needs to be just and fair to all, but the chance of that happening is getting slim, says a new report by 22 international researchers. Martin Bergsma/Shutterstock Louis Delannoy, Stockholm University A move away from fossil … Continue reading
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Weather v climate: how to make sense of an unusual cold snap while the world is hotter than ever
Neven S. Fučkar, University of St Andrews Earlier this year, the UK’s weather and climate service, the Met Office, announced average global temperatures in 2023 were 1.46°C above pre-industrial levels. This made it the hottest year on record, 0.17°C higher … Continue reading
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