The Met Office confirms 2010 to 2019 is second hottest and second wettest decade in the country over the past 100 years.
We're still heading for climate breakdown Joe Gammie | 6th January 2020 News Science & Systems Climate Breakdown Global Temperatures Met Office National Climate Information Centre 22763719-1.jpg The …
Emperor Penguins could virtually disappear by the year 2100 due to loss of Antarctic sea ice.
… are living indicators whose population trends can illustrate the consequences of … of ice to raise their chicks. Population trends For more than sixty years, scientists … model successfully reproduced past observed trends in Emperor Penguin populations around …
None of the various technofixes on offer alter the fact that humanity has to learn to stop living on the last drops of cheap energy, and to start living within its means
… not just an issue of 'energy security', these trends are redefining the basis on which the … save overall. In any case, if we look at the trends of the last century or so, the value of …
With oil prices remaining low, the world's oil industry is facing bleak years ahead, writes Paul Brown. The global push to decarbonise the economy, combined with surging renewable energy and the trend to more efficient and electric vehicles, is denting investor confidence and pointing to the shrinking away of a once mighty and profitable industry.
… rapid growth over the coming decade. These trends have led to the Institute for Energy …
EU Copernicus Climate Change Service and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts will confirm on Monday if July was hottest ever recorded.
Was this the world's hottest July? Emily Beament | 2nd August 2019 News Climate Breakdown Global Temperatures Hottest Day Science & Systems 48331193632_33553a762c_z.jpg EU Copernicus Climate Change …
The 'death of peak oil' has been much exaggerated, writes Paul Mobbs. Take out high-cost 'unconventional' oil and production peaked ten years ago, and even North America's fracking and tar sands boom has failed to open up new resources both big enough to make good the shortfall, and cheap enough to reward investors. We really do need to be thinking 'beyond petroleum'.
… tight supply and rising prices - like the trends operating across the decade of the … is not that it seeks to describe physical trends with reference to historical …
September 2019 was the fourth month in a row to come close to or break temperature records.
Record temperatures reveal long-term heating Staff Reporter | 15th October 2019 News Copernicus Record Temperatures Temperature Rise Global Heating Science & Systems sun-earth-cut.jpg September 2019 …
UK's Covid-19 vaccine deals with Novavax and Janssen threaten fair global distribution, campaigners warn.
UK deal threatens 'vaccine nationalism' Brendan Montague | 18th August 2020 | News Coronavirus Vaccine Science Systems Science & Systems Big Pharma Vaccine UK's Covid-19 vaccine deals with Novavax …
Low oil prices are putting a stop to some of the world's most environmentally damaging 'extreme energy' projects, writes Paul Mobbs, and may close down the entire fracking and tar sands industries. So why are so many 'Greens' issuing dire warnings, instead of celebrating the good news?
… a wholly mistaken assumptions about present trends. And again, it's because people are … nothing to address the fundamental ecological trends defining peak oil , nor the greater ' …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… into question,’ Rubin points out. ‘These trends are likely to result in a sharp …
Low Emissions Zones have their place in cleaning up the UK's worst air pollution hotspots, writes Richard Howard. But we also need to adopt fiscal measures to encourage a shift away from diesel vehicles, at once delivering cleaner air, increased tax revenues, and lower carbon emissions.
To clean up air pollution we must dump diesel - and here's how Richard Howard Policy Exchange | 11th March 2016 Comment Transport Pollution Cities Oil London Finance Politics ferrari-hgv-cut.jpg Low …
‘Extreme’ downpours of rain have increased in the past 50 years, argues Global Institute for Water Security.
Torrential rain increasing with global warming Brendan Montague | 6th June 2019 News Global Warming Weather Rain Extreme Precipitation Science & Systems 3697514216_4102cee151_b.jpg ‘Extreme’ …
Challenging individual consumerism must occur in synchrony with critiquing broader capitalist systems.
Climate justice, ethics and action Samuel Hayward | 5th February 2019 News Capitalism Economics Consumerism Science & Systems 6324277410_3602ee5727_o.jpg Challenging individual consumerism must occur …
Evolutionary psychology demonstrates an innate preference for social learning and 'niche construction' that can help us understand the drive towards direct action and citizen assemblies.
… direct action and citizen assemblies. Recent trends in our understanding of cultural …
Can the world survive China’s burgeoning love affair with the automobile?
Red Road Rising Yves Engler | 1st March 2005 News Automobiles China Oil Bicycles Shanghai Companies International Development Oil Pollution Society Archive_265.jpg Can the world survive China’s …
Meanwhile children particularly at risk from air pollution - mostly caused by transport and burning coal.
British pensioners at risk from climate breakdown Emily Beament | 14th November 2019 News Climate Breakdown Climate Change Health Pollution Science & Systems london-pollution-cut.jpg Meanwhile …
UK politicians and officials are studiously ignoring the growing evidence that fracking is an economic and environmental disaster, writes Paul Mobbs. As the circle of 'acceptable' view spins ever smaller, industry PR is dominating a phoney debate that's increasingly remote from reality, public opinion and core democratic principles.
… services company which monitors industry trends, has announced the biggest weekly …
Our problems with plastic Liz Lee Reynolds | 14th January 2020 News Platic Waste Disposable Plastic Pollution Sustainability Consumerism Science & Systems plastic-ocea-2-cut.jpg We need a holistic …
As the melting Arctic ice cap opens a new ocean to the world, governments and private speculators are rushing to cash in on lucrative resource deposits and shipping lanes. But they may find these virgin waters a dangerous place to do business…
A melted Arctic: gold mine or honey trap? Andrew Marszal | 3rd November 2009 News Natural World Climate Change Arctic Polar Sea Ice Melt Oil Resources arcticicebreak.jpg As the melting Arctic ice cap …