Challenging Conventions – A Perspective From Within and Without
Education is widely seen as conferring huge advantages, and educational institutions are recognised as wielding considerable social influence. They are the intellectual homes to researchers examining all aspects of the climate and ecological crisis (CEC). So why is it that decades after the first United...
How to Be a Practical Utopian in a Dystopian World
"For years, Guy Dauncey has tirelessly warned of the urgency of tackling the climate crisis and provided practical ways to achieve reductions in our emissions. While the crisis has only worsened, the window of opportunity to shift direction has shortened. Here is a...
Methane Emergency
Methane has long been considered a harbinger of climate catastrophe. According to NASA, “what we know for sure is that a lot more methane (CH4) has made its way into the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.”...
The Arctic Death Spiral
The Arctic in Free Fall
According to Jarvis Cocker, author at The Guardian who wrote The Iceman Cometh, “of the Arctic sea ice, 75% has been lost over the past 30 years. Last year saw sea-ice levels plummet to the second-lowest since records began...
Cogs in the Climate Machine
The planetary climate clock, in human time. Let’s start by some human and planetary timescales. is 10 long human lifespans, 40 generations, the time separating us from the first millennium and the Middle Ages...
The Battle for Hope in the Anthropocene
The footprint of human activity is now felt in every region and ecosystem on earth from the bottom of the oceans to the tallest peaks and even high up into the atmosphere. Because of this, many scientists now think we have departed from the Holocene...
Debunked: The Coming Ice Age
One very popular and perennial denial claim is the myth that winter is coming, or rather that there is a coming ice age. In this discussion we will debunk these climate denial-based myths. Other myths are also discussed such as the Grand Solar Minimum (GSM)...
COP26 Coalition: Science & Activism Event
Science & Activism: Acting with the Face of Evidence This event is taking place as part of the People’s Summit at COP26 in Glasgow. Scientists’ …...
Students call on remaining universities to fully divest from fossil fuels
The student community is more engaged now than ever with demanding that their universities end fossil fuel investments. An accelerating climate crisis, COP26, recent student-led divestment wins, and the urgency needed for a just green transition are some of the factors that motivate this engagement...