Climate Change Series

Climate change: world's lakes are in hot water – threatening rare wildlife

Jun 08, 2021 00:01 am UTC| Nature

The Earths surface is splotched with 117 million lakes. Some are scarcely more than ponds, while others are so big they can be seen from space. At 395 miles long, 49 miles wide and just over 1 mile deep, Lake Baikal in...

What the Ottoman Empire can teach us about the consequences of climate change – and how drought can uproot peoples and fuel warfare

Jun 08, 2021 00:00 am UTC| Nature

In the late 16th century, hundreds of bandits on horseback stormed through the countryside of Ottoman Anatolia raiding villages, inciting violence and destabilizing the sultans grip on power Four hundred years later and...

Climate Change Series

Climate change: six priorities for pulling carbon out of the air

May 28, 2021 11:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

To reach net zero emissions by 2050, global emissions must be cut faster and deeper than the world has yet managed. But even then, some hard-to-treat sources of pollution in aviation, agriculture and cement making may...

The idea of 'green growth' is flawed. We must find ways of using and wasting less energy

May 28, 2021 11:07 am UTC| Nature

As countries explore ways of decarbonising their economies, the mantra of green growth risks trapping us in a spiral of failures. Green growth is an oxymoron. Growth requires more material extraction, which in turn...

Greening the planet: we can't just plant trees, we have to restore forests

May 20, 2021 02:31 am UTC| Nature

The Queens Green Canopy, a campaign to celebrate Elizabeth IIs platinum jubilee next year, involves asking people in the UK to plant trees: a treebilee as her son, Prince Charles puts it. This is one of a number of public...

Using captured CO₂ in everyday products could help fight climate change, but will consumers want them?

May 16, 2021 10:12 am UTC| Nature Economy

Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant? How would you feel if that captured carbon dioxide were in your childs toys, or in the concrete...

Climate change risk is complex: here is a way to assess it

May 09, 2021 08:59 am UTC| Nature

A key feature of climate change is that it doesnt pose one single risk. Rather, it presents multiple, interacting risks that can compound and cascade. Importantly, responses to climate change can also affect risk. In...