How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?
Geese honk loudly and point their bills toward the sky when they're ready to start the migration. Here's how they know it's time, how they navigate and how they conserve energy on the grueling trip.
Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University •
conversation
Nov. 16, 2020 • ~8 min
Nov. 16, 2020 • ~8 min
Pterosaurs increased their flight efficiency over time – new evidence for long-term evolution
Fossils reveal that dinosaurs' flying cousins become twice as efficient at flying over 150 million years.
Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
• conversation
Oct. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
Oct. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
Flight shaming: how to spread the campaign that made Swedes give up flying for good
The Swedish 'flight shame' campaign was a runaway success. We asked those it affected how it influenced their travel behaviour.
Avit K Bhowmik, Assistant Professor, Karlstad University, and Research fellow in Planetary Boundaries Research Network, Stockholm University •
conversation
July 27, 2020 • ~7 min
July 27, 2020 • ~7 min
Flight shame – how the campaign that persuaded Swedes to give up flying could capitalise on COVID-19
The Swedish 'flight shame' campaign was a runaway success. We asked those it affected how it influenced their travel behaviour.
Avit K Bhowmik, Assistant Professor, Karlstad University, and Research fellow in Planetary Boundaries Research Network, Stockholm University •
conversation
July 27, 2020 • ~7 min
July 27, 2020 • ~7 min
Green bailouts: relying on carbon offsetting will let polluting airlines off the hook
Carbon offsetting is better regulated than it once was, but it's no solution to the climate crisis.
Ben Christopher Howard, Doctoral Researcher in Nature-based Solutions, University of Birmingham •
conversation
May 27, 2020 • ~6 min
May 27, 2020 • ~6 min
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