Bitcoin: China's crackdown isn't enough – only a global effort can stop crypto's monstrous energy demand

Chinese bitcoin mining could consume as much energy as the whole of the UK by 2024.

Peter Howson, Senior Lecturer in International Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
June 4, 2021 • ~8 min

Severe storms from tropics reach Europe once every five years on average – new research

Storms which originate in the tropics and reach Europe aren't as rare as scientists once thought.

Alexander Baker, Research Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading • conversation
May 18, 2021 • ~6 min

New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

Two energy and climate policy experts took a closer look at the Leaders Summit on Climate, the US pledge and today's industrial reality.

David Victor, Professor of International Relations, University of California San Diego • conversation
April 22, 2021 • ~10 min

The threat of 'killer robots' is real and closer than you might think

Outsourcing use-of-force decisions to machines violates human dignity and is incompatible with international law.

Ingvild Bode, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern Denmark • conversation
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~7 min

Brexit: Ireland's land bridge to the continent boosts air pollution in the UK

Irish trade with the EU contributes an additional 34 tonnes of toxic nitrogen oxides to air in the UK each year.

William Bloss, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
Sept. 17, 2020 • ~6 min

Coronavirus: Four issues that have limited testing in the UK

There is spare testing capacity. Why isn't it being used?

Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex • conversation
May 4, 2020 • ~7 min

Coronavirus: are we underestimating how many people have had it? Sweden thinks so

Swedish authorities claim the country is rapidly approaching herd immunity.

Paul W Franks, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Lund University • conversation
April 23, 2020 • ~8 min

Coronavirus: will the UK really have highest death toll in Europe, as a US study suggests?

Only time will tell.

Jeremy Rossman, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology and President of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent • conversation
April 9, 2020 • ~5 min

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