Category Archives: International
New El Niño Likely to Have Major Impacts
A new ‘El Niño’ is intensifying, and whilst it may have lead forecasters to a perhaps premature prediction of a ‘barbecue summer’, it is likely to have major impacts on global weather systems over the coming year. Forecasters say this … Continue reading
New National Red List Website Launched
The Zoological Society of London has recently launched the National Red List website. It is the first central source of national-level biodiversity data, and already holds over 50,000 species accounts from 40 countries. The website and database seeks to document … Continue reading
Science Academies Aiming to Raise the Profile of Ocean Acidification
The Royal Society has managed the impressive feat of co-ordinating with 69 other science academies from around the world to write a formal Inter-Academy Panel statement on ocean acidification. The statement is to be launched this week in a very … Continue reading
Oxford Announces International Climate Conference: 4 Degrees and Beyond
The University of Oxford is holding an International Climate Conference together with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the UK Met Office entitled “4 Degrees and Beyond: Implications for people, ecosystems and the earth system,” from 28-30 September … Continue reading
Calls for Clearer ‘Green’ Commitments at the G20 Summit
Experts are strongly urging G20 members to insert clear green commitments when they meet in London this week to come up with solutions to the global economic downturn. UN climate negotiators have warned that the G20 summit will not succeed … Continue reading
Science and Policy in the New US Administration
Last night saw the Policy Team attend a discussion organised by the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society, bringing together: Prof. Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize winner and Co-Chair of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST); … Continue reading
International Climate Change Congress Begins in Copenhagen
Today sees the start of an international scientific congress in Copenhagen which aims to pave the way for talks to determine the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Climate researchers from around the world will gather in Denmark over the next … Continue reading
‘Save the Albatross’ Campaign a Remarkable Success
The outlook for endangered albatross species has dramatically improved, thanks to the success of an international conservation programme implemented by the RSPB and Birdlife International. The Albatross Task Force (ATF) was established in 2006 in order to reduce the number … Continue reading
Severity of Global Warming Underestimated
Leading climate change scientist, Professor Chris Field has announced that the severity of global warming over the next century will be well beyond anything predicted. Field, a senior member of the Nobel-prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC), revealed … Continue reading
Tristan Albatross Faces Imminent Extinction
Tristan Albatross chicks are raised exclusively on Gough Island, a UK Overseas Territory. Sadly they are being predated by ‘killer mice’ at such an unprecedented rate the species faces imminent extinction unless urgent action is taken. Government funding to tackle … Continue reading