climate change Archive
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![It is understood that climate change will lead to increased humidity, but why should we care? The reason is that heat stress, which is set […]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/waterfall-384663_960_720-115x115.jpg "Humans, Health and Humidity – Humidity Aspect Set to Worsen the Effects of Climate Change")
Humans, Health and Humidity – Humidity Aspect Set to Worsen the Effects of Climate Change
Posted on January 5, 2018 | No CommentsIt is understood that climate change will lead to increased humidity, but why should we care? The reason is that heat stress, which is set […] -
![Even though human-caused climate change has yet to lift average global temperatures by more than 1C, it’s already stamping out biodiversity around the globe. A […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4758647625_a5d20fed91_b-115x115.jpg "Climate change already hurting biodiversity")
Climate change already hurting biodiversity
Posted on December 20, 2016 | No CommentsEven though human-caused climate change has yet to lift average global temperatures by more than 1C, it’s already stamping out biodiversity around the globe. A […] -
![Given Donald Trump’s seeming indifference to facts, it is no surprise that his support within the scientific community was low during the U.S. presidential campaign. […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trump-science-115x115.jpg "Science under Trump – the future for American scientists")
Science under Trump – the future for American scientists
Posted on November 21, 2016 | No CommentsGiven Donald Trump’s seeming indifference to facts, it is no surprise that his support within the scientific community was low during the U.S. presidential campaign. […] -
![More than a fifth of all known plant species on earth are under serious threat from extinction, according to the latest State of the World’s […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ochna-dolicharthros-115x115.jpg "Fifth of the world’s plants face extinction")
Fifth of the world’s plants face extinction
Posted on May 17, 2016 | No CommentsMore than a fifth of all known plant species on earth are under serious threat from extinction, according to the latest State of the World’s […] -
![The combined effects of a relatively warm winter and wet summer in 2015 as well as a chronic decline in the populations of some amphibians […]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/glowy-slugs-115x115.jpg "Climate change causing a slug population boom")
Climate change causing a slug population boom
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsThe combined effects of a relatively warm winter and wet summer in 2015 as well as a chronic decline in the populations of some amphibians […] -
![She was fierce. On 22nd October 2015, as night fell across the Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Patricia was braced to plough into the usually tranquil coast […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Was Hurricane Patricia caused by climate change?")
Was Hurricane Patricia caused by climate change?
Posted on November 10, 2015 | No CommentsShe was fierce. On 22nd October 2015, as night fell across the Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Patricia was braced to plough into the usually tranquil coast […] -
Antarctic Ice At Risk
Posted on October 27, 2015 | No CommentsNew research has shed light on the threat posed by climate change to Antarctica. Parts of the continent are surrounded by vast areas of sea […] -
![In the 1820s, French scientist Joseph Fourier was trying to understand how the Earth could maintain its observed average temperature. A simple calculation based on […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/clouds-115x115.jpg "Clouds and Climate Change")
Clouds and Climate Change
Posted on July 3, 2015 | 1 CommentIn the 1820s, French scientist Joseph Fourier was trying to understand how the Earth could maintain its observed average temperature. A simple calculation based on […] -
![Rising Seas: the picture is far from level across different parts of the globe Climate change isn’t fair. Those who pollute the most per person (generally […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sea-rise-115x115.jpg "Rising Seas")
Rising Seas
Posted on May 28, 2015 | No CommentsRising Seas: the picture is far from level across different parts of the globe Climate change isn’t fair. Those who pollute the most per person (generally […] -
![Storm’s Brewing: The ITCZ is a cause of much danger at sea They’re the most treacherous seas on the planet. At those that lie beneath […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/storm-brewing-115x115.jpg "In the Doldrums")
In the Doldrums
Posted on May 10, 2015 | No CommentsStorm’s Brewing: The ITCZ is a cause of much danger at sea They’re the most treacherous seas on the planet. At those that lie beneath […] -
![Coral Collapse: Could our world’s most wondrous marine environments be about to melt away? We have all heard about the dangers […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/8425324548_3448538fef_o-115x115.jpg "Acid Attack: the Marine Meltdown")
Acid Attack: the Marine Meltdown
Posted on April 18, 2015 | No CommentsCoral Collapse: Could our world’s most wondrous marine environments be about to melt away? We have all heard about the dangers […] -
![Fog over the Forest: How do the land and atmosphere affect one another? We all know that humans are changing the planet’s surface – deforestation, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Land-atmosphere-195x110.jpg "Environmental Damage: Positive Feedback?")
Environmental Damage: Positive Feedback?
Posted on February 27, 2015 | No CommentsFog over the Forest: How do the land and atmosphere affect one another? We all know that humans are changing the planet’s surface – deforestation, […] -
![The first event in Oxford Martin School for Hilary term featured Yadvinder Malhi who works at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford. He […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bang-blog-e1420555569122.png "Oxford Martin School: Metabolism of a Human-Dominated Planet")
Oxford Martin School: Metabolism of a Human-Dominated Planet
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsThe first event in Oxford Martin School for Hilary term featured Yadvinder Malhi who works at the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford. He […] -
![During the Medieval Warm Period of the 1200s, around 40,000 people moved north in Colorado due to drought leaving them unable to grow their crops. The […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Tree ring data reconstructs the local effects of global warming on maize farming in the 1200s.")
Tree ring data reconstructs the local effects of global warming on maize farming in the 1200s.
Posted on December 6, 2014 | No CommentsDuring the Medieval Warm Period of the 1200s, around 40,000 people moved north in Colorado due to drought leaving them unable to grow their crops. The […]
