A ‘green’ use for air-captured CO2: Growing beneficial algae
As the world looks for ways to reduce greenhouse gases, researchers are exploring not only how to pull carbon dioxide from the air, but also what to d…
Category: Climate Science
UN predicts ‘supersized’ El Nino coming – expert comment
Scientists from the University of Reading provide expert comment following news that the United Nations World Meteorological Organization, the WMO, ha…
A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?
For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We…
Expert Comment: More extreme weather is coming – can AI help us to better prepare for it?
How can we better predict ‘extreme weather events’ in a world where these are no longer so exceptional? Dr Shruti Nath, from Oxford University’s Depar…
NUS and A*STAR researchers lead S$22 million SG Bio-SPRINT programme to develop sustainable plant-based specialty polymers
Research will develop alternative sustainable monomers, structurally similar to petrochemical equivalents, for making sustainable, high-performance sp…
Expert Comment: Are extreme heatwaves the UK’s ‘new normal’?
Professor Myles Allen, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at the University of Oxford, explains how researchers at Oxford are combinin…
Smart stormwater filter developed to stop more pollution reaching rivers and beaches
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have developed a smart stormwater treatment system that can automatically adapt to changing weather conditions, significa…
Urban greenery’s potential as a climate solution is underused – new handbook offers solutions
A new Climate-Smart Urban Greenery Handbook brings together research-based, easily applicable ways to strengthen the role of urban greenery for the be…