Climate change – and it’s for free
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A British university has teamed up with climate scientists to help to explain – at no cost to participants – what climate change is, why it matters, and what solutions are on...
View ArticleFew would welcome geo-engineering
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trying to avert dangerously high global temperatures by modifying the climate – geo-engineering – may or may not be possible. It certainly won’t be popular, researchers say....
View ArticleWarmer UK will face unequal death risk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The impacts of climate change will strike unevenly, within countries as well as between them. People in poorer parts of southern England will probably suffer most from rising...
View ArticleFlat denial rejects ‘very likely’ science
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Warnings, predictions and statements of probability all have their uses, but only if people heed them. Research tells one story, human behaviour seems to offer another version....
View ArticlePotatoes pioneer crops swap trail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Small-scale farmers from as far apart as Peru, China and Bhutan have agreed to share indigenous crop varieties in a pioneering initiative to help adaptation to climate change....
View ArticleScientist acts out dramatic effect of climate change
A spellbinding solo performance by veteran climate scientist Chris Rapley puts the climate debate centre stage – and earns the admiration of London theatre critics. LONDON, 11 November, 2014 − Climate...
View ArticleEducation protects best from climate risks
Many of us accept that the world is warming but will not necessarily recognise that climate change caused by human activities is responsible. Social scientists say better education is the answer....
View ArticleAncient landscapes point to dramatic climate change
Scientists believe Chinese civilisation could have been founded by climate refugees after the collapse of an Inner Mongolian culture over 4,000 years ago. LONDON, 26 February, 2015 − Chinese and US...
View ArticleEarth at risk in new epoch ruled by destructive humans
Scientists warn that our fate is in our own hands as humans now control almost every aspect of the planet, on a scale akin to the great forces of nature. LONDON, 21 March, 2015 − Nature has been...
View ArticleAustralia pays cost of climate-driven heat waves
Australian researchers measure cost of drop in workers’ performance as global warming drives temperatures to record levels. LONDON, 9 May, 2015 – Climate change can be bad for a country’s economic...
View ArticleCourt tells Dutch government it must cut back emissions
In a landmark ruling, the law has stepped in to demand that the Netherlands does more to tackle the “imminent danger” of climate change. LONDON, 25 June, 2015 – A Dutch court has made history by...
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