Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful

It’s the government’s job to make it easier and cheaper for people to change their lives.

Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath • conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 ~6 min

3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond a loss and damage fund

Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.

Erin Coughlan de Perez, Professor of Climate Risk Management, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 ~8 min


Untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff threaten the Florida manatee’s main food source, contributing to malnutrition

Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift could pose a new threat to the survival of the beloved species.

Aarin-Conrad Allen, Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 ~9 min

We passed 1.5°C of human-caused warming this year (just not as the Paris agreement measures it)

The usual ‘pre-industrial’ baseline already contains some human-caused warming. Our method uses a much earlier baseline.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 ~7 min

Climate science is getting lost in translation

What happens when none of the mainstream climate information is published in your native tongue?

Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor • conversation
Nov. 13, 2024 ~10 min

Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age, but probably won’t survive future climate change – new study

Scientists have compared data from the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago, and modern records to see what happened to plankton when the world has previously warmed.

Daniela Schmidt, Professor in Palaebiology, University of Bristol • conversation
Nov. 13, 2024 ~5 min

Thousands of corporate lobbyists are at the UN climate summit in Baku. But what exactly is ‘lobbying’ and how does it work?

An expert spells out how companies seek to influence climate policy at Cop29 and beyond.

Christina Toenshoff, Assistant Professor of European Politics and Political Economy, Leiden University • conversation
Nov. 13, 2024 ~7 min

MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical

A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
Nov. 13, 2024 ~8 min


Europe Scientists Predict Another World Heat Record

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 12, 2024 ~4 min

Autumn leaves are staying green for longer in Britain – here’s why

Plus, how trees can be tricked into ‘thinking’ it is another season.

Michael Lavelle, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Nov. 12, 2024 ~7 min

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