Image courtesy of the artistsWinslow Porter and Elie Zananiri. By Anders Lorenzen Have you ever wondered what life inside a fungus is like? If the answer is yes and you happen to be in the London (UK) area then you are in luck. Image courtesy of the artists Winslow Porter and Elie Zananiri. Showing at the LFF Expanded exhibition at […]
Some scientists worry that the West Antarctica ice sheet could soon enter a phase of being destabilised. Photo credit: TiPACCs / Ronja Reese. By Anders Lorenzen The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), founded in 1992, has identified that six of the world’s planetary boundaries have been crossed. The Institute is led by Prof Johan Rockström who specialises in […]
A proposed tipping cascade where the AMOC would mediate a connection between the other tipping elements. Graphic credit: Nico Wunderling, Jonathan F. Donges, Jürgen Kurths, and Ricarda Winkelmann – Earth System Dynamics paper – Interacting tipping elements increase risk of climate domino effects under global warming, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen In a recent study, Danish researchers […]
By Anders Lorenzen With temperature records now frequently being set around the world and continuing to do so even though we drastically cut emissions, research studies published in the journal Nature, reveal that even moderate warming at 34 degrees C can significantly impact heart health. The study reveals that air temperatures as low as 34 °C can lead to a […]
climate change A woman walks with cold patches on her forehead and neck amid a red alert for heatwave in Beijing, China. Photo credit: Reuters / Tingshu Wang. By Anders Lorenzen Data from the US National Centre for Environmental Protection has concluded, that Monday the 3rd of July 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded globally. Measuring 17.01 degrees C, […]
By Jeremy Williams The last book with Greta Thunberg’s name on it was a slim volume of speeches that you could read in an hour. She’s a good writer and I’ve been looking forward to something more substantial. Well, this would be it: a 446 page tome with the boldly definitive title The Climate Book. Thunberg’s message has always been […]
By Anders Lorenzen Research by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey has found that a tiny flightless midge, which has colonised Antarctica’s Signy Island, is driving fundamental changes to the island’s soil ecosystem. Graphic identifying the spread of Eretmoptera murphyi on Antarctica’s Signy Island. Graph credit: University of Birmingham. The study reveals that the non-native […]
A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. Temperature records have been broken across Asia in recent weeks. Photo credit: Habibur Rahman /Alamy Live News. By Aditi Mukherji The heatwave sweeping across Asia has forced schools in India to shut down. With our children already paying a terrible […]
The Alps with very little snow this winter. Photo credit: EPA-EFE / Laurent Gillieron. By Anders Lorenzen Scientists from the European Union have announced that this last winter is the second-warmest in Europe on record ever. Data published by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that the average temperature in Europe from December 2022 to February 2022 was […]
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