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Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland

Ice sheets could add 39 centimetres to sea level by 2100

Published
17 September 2020
Categories
Environment
Global
Science

Scientists warn that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute more than 39cm to global sea level rise this century.

A rocky hillside covered in shrubs and trees. Many of the trees have died

Trees living fast die young

Published
8 September 2020
Categories
Science
Global
Environment

A global analysis reveals for the first time that across almost all tree species, fast growing trees have shorter lifespans.

Melting ice sheets

Sea level rise matches worst-case scenario

Published
31 August 2020
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica whose melting rates are rapidly increasing have raised global sea level by 1.8cm since the 1990s, and are matching worst-case climate warming scenarios.

The images shows an offshore windfarm on a calm  day. The sea is flat.

'Our low-carbon future needs to be circular'

Published
19 August 2020
Categories
Technology
Environment

The renewable energy industry needs to adopt the ideas of a circular economy, where equipment is designed to be reused or remanufactured when it reaches the end of its operational life.

A person on a railway platform holding a mobile phone and luggage next to a moving train

COVID-19 recovery choices shape future climate

Published
7 August 2020
Categories
Environment
Coronavirus

A post-lockdown economic recovery plan that incorporates and emphasises climate-friendly choices could help significantly in the battle against global warming, according to a new study.

Zhengzhou, China air pollution

Lockdown in China saw only a modest drop air pollution

Published
28 July 2020
Categories
Environment
Global

The two pollutants most harmful to human health, PM2.5 and Ozone, were only slightly reduced or barely affected during the lockdown in China, according to a new study.