By Joseph J. Bailey, University of Nottingham Lightning, while visually stunning and often quite exciting, poses a very real threat to … More
Tag: Global warming
Our Nation is Sinking: The Maldives and Global Warming
by Benjamin Sacks The Maldives is sinking. Like several other South Asian and Oceanic archipelagos, the Maldives’s topography suffers from … More
No change from climate change: island vulnerability
by Ilan Kelman Climate change is often touted as humanity’s biggest development challenge. Low-lying, tropical islands are particularly highlighted as … More
Mapping carbon emissions
I-Hsien Porter The Guardian website recently published a map of carbon emissions by country. There were few surprises. China is … More
An insight into the consequences of climate change?
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. Human activities, e.g. farming, have resulted in the release of large amounts of methane … More
Overcoming inertia not to act on climate change
I-Hsien Porter In a commentary in The Observer, Robin McKie outlines some of the statistics that reinforce the argument for … More
Learning for food
I-Hsien Porter Global climate change is likely to cause significant changes, or at least greater uncertainty, in human lifestyles. One … More
Geography and Global Warming
By Paulette Cully According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the world is on course for the … More
Accessing local climate records
By Andy Hacket Pain We hear a lot in the news about climate change, with global scale trends and predictions … More
Norwegian Problem Solving
By Caitlin Douglas In exchange for a payment from Norway of US$1 billion, Indonesia has recently pledged to introduce a … More
