Climate Change

A focus on viruses as our next pandemic source may divert attention from other serious microbial threats. We know a lot about the benefits of fungi, including brewer’s yeast, mushrooms, Roquefort cheese and the production of antibiotics such as penicillin. But we know a lot less about the threats to global…

The world is intended to serve as a lesson guide to inspire children with solutions for climate change and flooding Today Minecraft has launched Rivercraft, a new world that aims to teach children about the negative impacts of flooding and climate change. It features three games to help children understand…

A “litany of broken climate promises”. A “file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unliveable world”. This is how United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres described the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday. The report,…

Skip to headerSkip to main contentSkip to footer Fact file The technology could help ‘neutralise’ emissions from power plants, according to UN report on climate change Carbon dioxide should be removed from the air and stored underground as part of a raft of urgently needed measures to tackle global warming,…

In 1948, when the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere stood at only 310.5 parts per million, the sociologist Robert Merton coined the term “self-fulfilling prophecy.” Merton used the term to describe how racist beliefs produce institutional bias and justify underinvestment in the education of Black children, which can…

And the results will be catastrophic. This is a climate emergency. Climate scientists warn that we are already perilously close to tipping points that could lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts. But high-emitting governments and corporations are not just turning a blind eye; they are adding fuel to the…

The world is heading in the wrong direction on carbon emissions in spite of a narrowing window of less than a decade to contain a catastrophic rise in global temperatures, according to climatologist Prof Peter Thorne of Maynooth University. Commenting on the latest part of a global assessment by the…

California and the rest of the American West are facing the worst drought in over 1,200 years. This drought is devastating the agricultural industry and creating conditions that lead to massive wildfires. According to the IPCC, climate change makes it likely that droughts will only continue to get worse. To…

Extinction Rebellion activists hang a sign on a storage tank at Esso West London Terminal, in Staines, Britain April 1, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - British police said they had arrested 83 people in Essex, east of London, in the…

A t least 34 climate change protesters have been arrested over the blocking of oil terminals across the country. Activists from Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion groups obstructed 10 fuel sites in the Midlands and southern England in the early hours of Friday morning, to stand against “expanding UK…