Euro area’s industrial production likely declined in December on mild weather
Feb 12, 2016 08:48 am UTC| Commentary Nature
Euro areas industrial production had dropped more than expected by 0.7% m/m in November. It is likely to fall 0.4% m/m in December. If the IP data is on par with this expectation, the Q4 data is expected to decline 0.1%...
How the great phosphorus shortage could leave us all without food
Feb 11, 2016 13:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Marissa de Boer, Researcher VU Amsterdam, Project Manager SusPhos , VU University Amsterdam You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. You probably know drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, and...
Utilities, solar energy and the fight for your roof
Feb 11, 2016 08:32 am UTC| Technology Nature
By many accounts, the spread of solar power is unstoppable. Costs continue to fall at a blistering pace, solutions to give consumers a solar-powered home without needing to connect to the grid for back-up power are...
Bushfires are pushing species towards extinction
Feb 11, 2016 08:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Massive bushfires in recent months have tragically claimed peoples lives and destroyed their homes. These events are becoming more common as our warming and drying climate increases the frequency, intensity and extent of...
How Africa can up its game to meet environmental challenges
Feb 11, 2016 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Africa has enormous natural resource wealth. At the same time it is extremely vulnerable to the impact of environmental degradation, including climate change. These are two good reasons, one might assume, for prioritising...
Dry is the new normal: Southwest U.S. has gotten drier and more prone to droughts
Feb 11, 2016 07:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A few large weather systems make all the difference between a wet and a dry year in the Southwest. Coming during the winter and spring, they account for the bulk of the rain and snow the regions receives. My colleagues...
Will extreme weather events get Americans to act on climate change?
Feb 07, 2016 15:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Scientists are drawing a link between climate change and extreme weather events with increasing confidence. An American Meteorological Society report, for example, studied 28 individual weather events occurring in...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects