By Helen Pallett A group of scientists at the University of Oxford have launched a new citizen science project to help … More
Tag: Climatology
The Future of European Aviation?
by Benjamin Sacks The eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökul volcano on 20 March 2010 demonstrated the weaknesses in Europe’s diverse air … More
A British Arctic Policy for the Twenty-first Century
by Benjamin Sacks Britain retains significant interests in the Arctic Ocean, according to a recently published commentary in The Geographical Journal. … More
Climate Change Adapatation: Greening Urban Environments
by Fiona Ferbrache What happened to your Christmas tree at the end of December? Did you recycle wrapping paper and … More
Consumption, Behaviour Change and Sustainability
Jen Dickie On Tuesday, the House of Commons International Development Committee published a report on global food security. Issues around … More
Seeing glacial change: optical consistency through the camera and the archive
Martin Mahony Towards the end of last year I visited an exhibition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum entitled ‘Rivers … More
The Rise of the South: Beyond Expectations or a Warning about Our Future?
Jen Dickie On the 14th March, the United Nations Development Programme published the 2013 Human Development Report, The Rise of … More
Vexed Natures: Geoengineering in the UK Media
By Martin Mahony Geoengineering – or “deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, in order to moderate global warming” (as … More
Governing from Above: The Vertical Geopolitics of Climate Change
Martin Mahony Global geopolitics have conventionally been conceived of in terms of the horizontal actions and interactions of territorially-bounded nation … More
Avalanche! How Trees Hold the Secrets of the Past…
Jen Dickie Last month, tragedy struck in the Scottish Highlands when an avalanche swept four climbers to their deaths. The … More
