Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records -- they shatter them

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 23, 2021 • ~9 min

Is climate change to blame for the recent weather disasters? 2 things you need to understand

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 23, 2021 • ~8 min

Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote

The results of Foote's simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the US and Europe. It happened more than a century ago.

Sylvia G. Dee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University • conversation
July 22, 2021 • ~8 min

Extreme heat warning: what first-ever Met Office alert means

Extreme heat warnings can help change our dangerous relationship with hot weather.

Chloe Brimicombe, PhD Candidate in Climate Change and Health, University of Reading • conversation
July 20, 2021 • ~6 min

Why the UK is so unprepared for the impacts of climate change

Mitigating climate change is more politically popular than adapting to its inevitable effects.

Liam F. Beiser-McGrath, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Politics and Director of the PECC Lab, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
June 18, 2021 • ~5 min

Climate change: what G7 leaders could have said – but didn't

If the G7 is serious about stopping global warming, it could start by acknowledging who and what is causing it.

Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem Science, Director of Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford • conversation
June 15, 2021 • ~7 min

For ‘greener’ concrete, use volcanic rock?

Concrete gave us the Pantheon and the Hoover Dam, but it's a huge contributor to global warming. Replacing just one ingredient could change that.

Josie Garthwaite-Stanford • futurity
June 10, 2021 • ~10 min

One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here's how else warming affects our health

Climate change has profound, but often overlooked, consequences for human health.

Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading • conversation
June 1, 2021 • ~6 min

Ozone-depleting chemicals may spend less time in the atmosphere than previously thought

News results point to unexpected, illegal production of several CFCs in recent years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 18, 2021 • ~7 min

Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing?

A future of heat and strife or humanity’s finest hour – our response to climate change today will define the 21st century.

Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL • conversation
May 6, 2021 • ~9 min

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