by redline | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Did you know that it will take 450 years for a plastic bottle to break down? Each year we produce more than 350 million metric tonnes of plastic waste and, unless we make a change, that figure is likely to treble by 2060. Our oceans are littered with plastic waste...
by redline | May 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
We already knew that the summer of 2023 was the hottest on record, but our records only date back as far as the 19th Century. Now, thanks to new research, we are able to determine that last year was the hottest year since the height of the Roman Empire. Scientists at...
by redline | May 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
More extreme winter storms, with strong winds and heavy rainfall are likely to be in store for the UK and Ireland as a result of climate change, according to newly published research. Using simulations, based on historic and future periods, experts from Newcastle...
by redline | Apr 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
While land-use change has always traditionally been the largest driver of biodiversity decline, new research by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research suggests that climate change could become the most significant driver by mid-century. Using three...
by redline | Mar 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
While record-breaking heat waves, increased forest fires, flooding and weather-related disasters are some of the more obvious effects of climate change, there are many more ways in which rising global temperatures are affecting our planet. One of which is an increase...
