Trees, graveyards and everyday life are being encroached upon by rising sea levels on the Solomon Islands. Local people are trying to adapt
Tag Archives: Global Warming
Let there be light: Germans switch on ‘largest artificial sun’
Scientists hope experiment, which can generate temperatures of around 3,500C, will help to develop carbon-neutral fuel
‘Moore’s law’ for carbon would defeat global warming
A plan to halve carbon emissions every decade, while green energy continues to double every five years, provides a simple but rigorous roadmap to tackle climate change, scientists say
Atlantic City and Miami Beach: two takes on tackling the rising waters
Sea level rise is making floods more common and as the New Jersey resort braces for the next Sandy, the well-heeled Florida city is throwing money at the problem
Deep sea life faces dark future due to warming and food shortage
New study reveals negative impact of climate change, human activity, acidification and deoxygenation on ocean and its creatures
UK offshore wind ‘will lower energy bills’ more than nuclear
RenewableUK chief says windfarms could offer cheaper prices than rates government agreed with new nuclear power stations
Electric cars and cheap solar ‘could halt fossil fuel growth by 2020’
Solar power and clean cars are ‘gamechangers’ consistently underestimated by big energy, says Imperial College and Carbon Tracker report
Scotland sets ambitious goal of 66% emissions cut within 15 years
Holyrood ministers aim higher after hitting target of 42% cut by 2020 six years early, but say Brexit poses challenge
The lakes of the world are disappearing – in pictures
Climate change and human activity are threatening the existence of some of the world’s largest lakes. These photographs document dramatic changes to the landscape in Bolivia, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union , China and west Africa
Carbon capture battle stirs hopes, dreams and grim realities
In Norway capturing and burying carbon emissions has brought down one prime minister, been likened to a national ‘moon landing’ by another and left the country’s highest-emitting gas plant as a monument