Tag Archives: climate change

Healthy eating, healthy planet?

Posted on 6 October, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Joy Singarayer Roughly 37% of all land on Earth is being used for agriculture (Reference 1, Figure 1), and with population projected at 9 billion by 2050 and more people consuming a western-style meat-rich diet some studies expect food production will … Continue reading →

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Has global warming taken a holiday?

Posted on 22 September, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Richard Allan Observations covering the past few decades have shown a decline in the rate at which the Earth’s surface has been warming (see Figure 1). Yet recent research involving the University of Reading, the Met Office and NASA … Continue reading →

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How might European storms and extreme rainfall change in the future?

Posted on 7 July, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Giuseppe Zappa Predicting future changes in regional climate and extreme weather events is becoming a main goal for climate science and a topic of great societal interest. For example, a key question for the mid-latitudes countries is how extreme … Continue reading →

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How important are aerosols to understanding climate change?

Posted on 30 June, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Bill Collins Aerosols are fine particles or liquid droplets suspended in the air. They originate from many sources – both natural (desert dust, sea spray) and man-made (power stations, traffic). They generally act to cool the climate (a good … Continue reading →

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Can we make flying more climate-friendly?

Posted on 9 June, 2014 by Stephen Burt

By Emma Irvine “How can we fly without damaging the environment?”  The 2014 Longitude Prize acknowledges environmentally-friendly flight as being one of the great challenges of our time. The dream of zero-carbon flight is highly ambitious and, Longitude Prize or … Continue reading →

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