Almost a third of young people have made no changes to lifestyle to tackle climate change
Almost a third of people aged between 16 and 29 had made no changes to their lifestyle to tackle climate change, a survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics showed. The survey asked different age ranges if they had made any changes to their...
Climate Fresk: the game improving climate literacy
How Climate Fresk is improving public climate science understanding around the world. Empowering the public with truthful knowledge about climate change is one of the most important and yet, difficult challenges of the climate crisis. To overcome this and improve the...
The climate impact of the Premier League
Assessing the goals, challenges and progress of making the Premier League sustainable. Amidst the electric atmosphere of the English Premier League, a quieter but pressing concern lingers: its climate impact. From player transport logistics to matchday emissions, the...
500 years on: A Great Piece of Turf
In 1503, German painter Albreht Dürer completed his watercolour and gouache piece titled The Great Piece of Turf. Since its completion, it has been widely recognised as one of his masterpieces as it exhibits the wonderful complexity and intimacy of a May meadow...
Shell faces backlash over ‘reckless’ divestment in Niger Delta
Report highlights environmental and financial risks, calls for responsible transition. In a newly released report by the Dutch NGO the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Shell's divestment from onshore oil operations in the Niger Delta has been...
Dale Vince and the battle for a green Britain
Thoughts on Dale Vince OBE, a British green energy industrialist, traveller, and author.
Woman, 54, buys mountain, plants 1⁄4 million trees
Frustrated by the inability to make a difference through conventional climate activism, Sally Phillips has decided to take matters into her own hands. “I’m not your usual entrepreneur!” remarks Sally Phillips. “I tend to shun the limelight. I had imposter syndrome for...
Finding Scotland’s ‘lost’ ice age pinewoods
A new project from Trees for Life and Woodland Trust Scotland aims to discover Scotland’s ‘lost’ native pinewoods so they can be saved before it’s too late. Caledonian pinewoods are globally unique and support rare wildlife including red squirrels, capercaillie and...
My Veganuary journey
The Climate team member Krish Srinivasan tells us how he found going vegan to kick off 2024. Recipe link at bottom of page. There are, as with everything else, many nuances to eating sustainably. How organically farmed are the products we consume? Have they required...
In conversation with a Sherpa
The Climate sits down with freelance trek leader Raju Gurung-Raaj to discuss environmental degradation in Nepal, and the effect of mass tourism in his industry. Raju, a trek and expedition guide and high altitude consultant based in Kathmandu, has been working in the...
The psychology behind our responses to climate change
Why do we only care about climate change when we see it? Climate headlines might grab your attention, cause you to pause for a moment, shake your head in disbelief, and then prompt you to check your phone, overwhelmed by the constant stream of bad news. It's easy to...
Are UK farms feeling the effects of climate change?
The threat of climate change is reported regularly, but how are the effects being perceived at ground level by UK farmers, and what are they doing about it? This study asks them. A study by researchers at the University of Exeter has gathered information from farmers...
Science Highlights
Marine foundation species: part 2
Seagrasses are flowering plants that form large meadows in shallow vegetative habitats. These meadows have been impacted by climate change, by warming and heatwaves, more varied storm patterns and rising sea levels. Seagrasses have generally responded to long-term...
Marine foundation species under siege: The battle against climate change
Part 1: Local vs global stressors on coral reefs and kelp forests. Marine ecosystems are vital, providing habitats for diverse wildlife and numerous benefits to human societies, including food, raw materials, climate regulation, and nutrient cycling. The ability...
Plant science vs. climate change: Can carbon sequestration be improved in annual crop systems?
It's time for arable farming to join the Green Revolution. Annual cropping systems make up a large part of the farming industry, so the chance to use them to improve carbon sequestration should be taken to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among the...
Pond Power: Algae’s role in ending fossil fuels
Can This Alga Finally Deliver on Biofuel's Promise? The goal of becoming independent of fossil fuel raw materials – defossilisation - is one of the biggest challenges scientists face today. We currently rely on fossil fuel feedstock to provide the raw materials for a...
Here’s what we need to do to fix the UK’s e-waste problem
Is this the new waste race to the bottom? We normally think of anything ‘fast’ connoting ‘good’. Efficient, clean, the best in industry. But when attributed to the shelf life of items containing raw materials and precious metals, ‘fast’ is leading us down an...
Traditional lawn vs wildlife meadow: an urban evaluation
Lawns feel unnatural and provide little feeling of being in nature – could urban meadows be the answer? Urban areas have been noted as a contributing factor to both the climate and biodiversity crises. Wildflower meadows can be grown to mitigate both of these...
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