Analysis finds flaw in U.S. plan to cut vehicle emissions — and possible solution

College researchers say battery issue will hamper needed rise in EV production, but hybrids can help fill gap

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Sept. 19, 2024 • ~4 min

Methane is pitched as a climate villain – could changing how we think about it make it a saviour?

Abating methane emissions and enhancing atmospheric removal offers an opportunity to rapidly mitigate warming.

Vincent Gauci, Professorial Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
Sept. 19, 2024 • ~7 min

A new blue carbon map of the UK gives mud new meaning

Anna Turns sets sail from Plymouth Sound to explore the significance of blue carbon in marine habitats around the UK.

Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor • conversation
Sept. 19, 2024 • ~10 min

How a new map of the UK’s blue carbon habitats could change how oceans are protected

A new map collating important data could be used to introduce more robust protections for blue carbon in UK waters.

Michael Burrows, Researcher in Ecology, Scottish Association for Marine Science • conversation
Sept. 19, 2024 • ~6 min

Climate science needs to talk more about ‘justice’ – here’s how philosophy can help

When scientists claim that a policy is ‘just’, they sometimes can’t or don’t explain what they actually mean.

Kian Mintz-Woo, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork • conversation
Sept. 18, 2024 • ~5 min

What the jet stream and climate change had to do with the hottest summer on record − remember all those heat domes?

As a record-hot summer comes to a close, an atmospheric scientist explains how global warming drove long periods of extreme heat.

Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton • conversation
Sept. 18, 2024 • ~7 min

Lost in translation: What spirituality and Einstein’s theory of time have to do with misunderstandings about climate change

On an island off Africa where one of the local languages has no established words for climate change, a researcher discovers lessons for everyone in discussing climate change.

Miki Mori, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Université de Mayotte • conversation
Sept. 17, 2024 • ~9 min

Patriotic messages can boost support for climate change action

Framing climate action as patriotic and status-quo friendly increases liberals' and conservatives' belief in climate change, research finds.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Sept. 16, 2024 • ~6 min

UK public is becoming more ‘carbon capable’ – here’s what that means

But structural barriers to lifestyle change, like housing tenure, prevent wider transformation.

Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath • conversation
Sept. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

Earth’s greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out of control – new study

We modelled the climate during this period and discovered episodes of intense ocean heating.

Paul Wignall, Professor of Palaeoenvironments, University of Leeds • conversation
Sept. 16, 2024 • ~7 min

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