The average person's daily choices can still make a big difference in fighting climate change – and getting governments and utilities to tackle it, too

How and where people spend their money and use energy can influence corporate behavior.

Tom Ptak, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2021 • ~9 min

What is chaos? A complex systems scientist explains

Part of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for work modeling Earth’s climate using its chaotic, complex weather. To scientists, chaos lies in the gray zone between randomness and predictability.

Mitchell Newberry, Assistant Professor of Complex Systems, University of Michigan • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 • ~4 min

Why eye-catching graphics are vital for getting to grips with climate change

Visualising climate change data in accessible ways can help convince audiences from all backgrounds about the urgency of the climate crisis.

James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, UCL • conversation
Aug. 11, 2021 • ~8 min

The pandemic could leave us with congestion chaos – here's how to avoid it

We are at a tipping point between high-carbon transport and a new world of fewer cars and more walking and cycling.

Brian Caulfield, Associate Professor, Civil Struct & Env. Engineering, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
July 30, 2021 • ~6 min

Why climate change is forcing conservationists to be more ambitious: by moving threatened species to pastures new

Climate change is even worse than we expected - so is now the time for conservationists to take extreme measures to stem the extinction crisis?

Sarah Elizabeth Dalrymple, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Ecology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
July 16, 2021 • ~8 min

Mozambique's fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict

Colonialism, political turmoil and unmet citizen promises all lie behind the rise of attacks on foreign-run fossil fuel plants in Mozambique.

Matthew Cotton, Professor of Public Policy, Teesside University • conversation
July 15, 2021 • ~9 min

Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history in their teeth

These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth's cooling shift some 50 million years ago.

Sora Kim, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of California, Merced • conversation
July 12, 2021 • ~8 min

Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history

These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth's cooling shift some 50-30 million years ago.

Sora Kim, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of California, Merced • conversation
July 12, 2021 • ~8 min

Knowing how heat and humidity affect your body can help you stay safe during heat waves

Which is worse, dry heat or wet heat? Both, says an exercise physiologist.

JohnEric W. Smith, Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University • conversation
July 8, 2021 • ~8 min

NASA is returning to Venus to learn how it became a hot poisonous wasteland – and whether the planet was ever habitable in the past

Two new NASA missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – are headed to Venus. The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth's hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor.

Paul K. Byrne, Associate Professor of Planetary Science, North Carolina State University • conversation
June 14, 2021 • ~8 min

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