“If we push the Earth system too far, then it takes over and determines its own response—past that point there will be little we can do about it.”
Acidification of the Oceans
“Yet another red flag being raised”
The latest from the Groundhog Summit. As the politicians pontificate, the science gets more scary. Today UNEP – the United Nations Environment Programme – will release the results of its latest research into the effects of climate change on glaciers from around the world. As UNEP says: “There is increasing concern about the effects of … Read More
Coral Reefs Are “On Death Row”
He is seen as one of Britain’s iconic figures: Sir David Attenborough has graced millions of television screens from many a different part of the world to inform viewers of the beauty and plight of the natural world. Will anyone listen to his latest warning? His message is not new, we have heard it before, … Read More
Its Serious Science Versus the Sceptics
It’s a tale of two conferences in two cities that are both on the science of climate change. One we should take seriously, the other one we should not. One is stacked full of thousands of reputable climate scientists, the other the same old, predominantly right-wing corporate funded climate sceptics with a discredited and out-dated … Read More
The Other CO2 Problem…
The other day I went to a lecture by one of Britain’s leading marine scientists. His talk was on the “Other CO2 Problem,” which is not the problem of rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere, but of rising acidity in the world’s oceans. The oceans absorb about a third of the CO2 released into the … Read More