Rosebank oilfield: why more UK oil means more global emissions

It’s a myth that producing oil with lower upstream emissions benefits the climate.

Fergus Green, Associate Professor in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL • conversation
June 10, 2025 • ~9 min

How North Sea tanker collision could affect one of Britain’s most important coastlines

A large tanker has released jet fuel into the sea near crucial seal and seabird breeding spots, say local marine ecologists.

Sue Hull, Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Hull • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~7 min

Oil pollution in North Sea is ‘grossly underestimated’, suggests new report

Oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea are regularly breaching legal limits and releasing too much polluted wastewater, a new report claims.

Rosie Williams, Postdoctoral Researcher, Toxicology, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London • conversation
Sept. 26, 2024 • ~7 min

Red Sea shipping disruptions could be avoided in the future by using the Arctic – but it could spell trouble for fragile ecosystems

Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have disrupted trade between Asia and Europe – could ships cross the Arctic instead?

Gokcay Balci, Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Bradford • conversation
Jan. 19, 2024 • ~7 min

Offering oil and gas licences every year distracts from the challenge of winding down UK North Sea

New UK legislation gives the wrong answer to the question of energy security.

Gisa Weszkalnys, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science • conversation
Nov. 9, 2023 • ~7 min

Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction

More than a century of research shows that burning fossil fuels warms the climate – that’s exactly why granting new North Sea oil and gas licenses is a bad idea.

Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading • conversation
Aug. 2, 2023 • ~5 min

An 'extreme' heatwave has hit the seas around the UK and Ireland – here's what's going on

A thin layer of surface water has been baked by the sun.

Tom Rippeth, Professor of Physical Oceanography, Bangor University • conversation
June 20, 2023 • ~6 min

Keir Starmer hasn't really called time on North Sea oil and gas – here's why

Labour would still honour existing licenses to drill for fossil fuels.

Gisa Weszkalnys, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science • conversation
June 7, 2023 • ~8 min

Climate change: UK test for new oil and gas fields' impact on emissions targets is not fit for purpose

Despite once holding promise, the UK’s climate compatibility checkpoint has become a formality.

Daria Shapovalova, Senior lecturer in Energy Law, University of Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen • conversation
Oct. 13, 2022 • ~8 min

Coastal erosion is unstoppable – so how do we live with it?

Moving entire communities threatened by rising seas isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds.

Robert James Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia • conversation
Oct. 12, 2022 • ~7 min

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