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Nov 13, 2009 5 comments
With climate scepticism on the rise in the US and elsewhere, Columbia University has issued a guide on how to breakdown misperceptions and communicate about climate science effectively
Publicize or perish
Oct 7, 2009 1 comment
Joseph Romm urges scientists to do much more to warn the public of the dangers of climate change
Fragile China: environmental policy comes to the fore
Sep 21, 2009
A projected significant decrease in food production in China under global warming has brought about a sea change in government policy on the environment, says Robin Porter
Engineering the climate
Sep 2, 2009
Peter Cox and Hazel Jeffery call for the taboo on geoengineering to be lifted.
Tomorrow's cities: a carbon jungle?
Jul 14, 2009 1 comment
The cities of the future could provide essential carbon storage, says Galina Churkina, especially if we use more wood, wool, cotton and other carbon-rich materials in our houses
Biochar – a burning issue
Jun 10, 2009 2 comments
Success of carbon-fixing technique depends on understanding how it works and perhaps even creating designer biochars, reports Vanessa Spedding
Climate change negotiations kick off in Bonn
Jun 3, 2009
Concerns raised over contradictory statements in negotiating text
Climate scientists debate with prime minister
May 19, 2009
Dan Kammen, editor-in-chief of ERL, details the dialogue at the final session of the Copenhagen Climate Congress.
Health and the urban environment: revolutions revisited
May 13, 2009
It is time for a new and sustainable revolution in urban health that operates on a global scale, says Gordon McGranahan of IIED.
Monitoring Greenland's melting
Apr 8, 2009
Recently the Greenland ice sheet has undergone record levels of melting. Marco Tedesco examines the last thirty years with a particular focus on what happened in 2008.
A Sea Change: communicating complex environmental science to the public
Mar 25, 2009
Fresh from completing A Sea Change, a feature-length film documentary on ocean acidification, Barbara Ettinger explores how to explain complicated science without boring or confusing your audience.
IPY: from fuel cuts to the deep-sea octopus
Mar 4, 2009
As International Polar Year draws to a close, David Carlson details how the massive two-year research programme has gone and what will happen next.
Wind turbine blades: the bigger, the better?
Feb 10, 2009 1 comment
Increasing the size of wind turbines brings additional engineering challenges, says Ole Thomsen.
Controversy strikes in Antarctica
Jan 28, 2009
Suspended iron fertilization experiment is to go ahead
Communicating complexity: it ain’t simple
Jan 21, 2009
Tom Webb outlines the complex role of the 21st century academic.
Climate change and microbes: influence in numbers
Dec 10, 2008
Climate change models must include microbial activities, says John Dupré.
Carbon offsetting - a way of avoiding emissions reductions?
Nov 5, 2008 5 comments
Does offsetting promote low-carbon lifestyles or relieve guilt and encourage more emissions, asks Lorraine Whitmarsh.
WindPower 2.0: technology rises to the challenge
Oct 21, 2008 2 comments
As wind turbines grow larger and reach more remote locations, they’ll need new technologies and systems to keep them running, says Peter Clive.
Ice shelves come in many guises
Oct 6, 2008 1 comment
It’s vital to obtain enough data from the Earth’s remaining ice shelves to assess their risk of becoming unstable, says Angelika Humbert.