Coronavirus lockdown will have 'negligible' impact on the climate – new study

My research shows we'll need transformative change not just temporary lockdowns for COVID-19 to make much difference to the climate.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Aug. 7, 2020 • ~6 min

If all cars were electric, UK carbon emissions would drop by 12%

We calculated what would happen if petrol cars were replaced overnight with Teslas and Nissan Leafs.

Amin Al-Habaibeh, Professor of Intelligent Engineering Systems, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
May 29, 2020 • ~6 min

We found 2˚C of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their safe 'heat threshold'

Massive study looked at more than half a million trees in 813 forests across the tropics.

Martin Sullivan, Lecturer in Statistical Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
May 22, 2020 • ~7 min

Why a 17% emissions drop does not mean we are addressing climate change

Global quarantine is not a long-term solution – we still have a lot of work ahead.

Larissa Basso, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Research in the Human Sciences, Stockholm University • conversation
May 21, 2020 • ~6 min

Why airline bailouts are so unpopular with economists

Any bailout should include conditions that the airline reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Oxford • conversation
May 6, 2020 • ~8 min

Why 231 economists felt airline bailouts represented poor taxpayer value

Any bailout should include conditions that the airline reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Oxford • conversation
May 6, 2020 • ~8 min

Destination: green airline bailouts

Any bailout should include conditions that the airline reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Oxford • conversation
May 6, 2020 • ~8 min

Arctic climate change – it's recent carbon emissions we should fear, not ancient methane 'time bombs'

The wet and low-lying East Siberian Arctic is likely to be a major methane source in the coming decades.

Joshua Dean, Lecturer in Biogeochemical Cycles, University of Liverpool • conversation
April 2, 2020 • ~5 min

Carbon capture and storage has stalled needlessly – three reasons why fears of CO₂ leakage are overblown

Carbon capture and storage has failed to put a dent in global emissions, and the world is running out of time.

Juan Alcade, Postdoctoral Researcher in Earth Sciences, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera • conversation
March 4, 2020 • ~7 min

Green-sky thinking for propulsion and power

A rapid way of turning ideas into new technologies in the aviation and power industries has been developed at Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory. Here, Professor Rob Miller, Director of the Whittle, describes how researchers plan to scale the process to cover around 80% of the UK’s future aerodynamic technology needs.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 4, 2019 • ~7 min

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