When Helen Nightingale joined the National Rivers Authority, the predecessor to the Environment Agency, in 1991, she thought of her work as a calling. She had been fascinated by nature since she was a child, when she used to poke around in the earth on her father’s allotment, looking
Category: Environment
Lethal Dubai floods made worse by weather transform
By Georgina Rannard, BBC weather reporter
Fatal storms that left Dubai below water and killed more than 20 folks in Oman were probably built worse by local climate alter, scientists say.
Warmth pumped into the ambiance by
Are electric cars better for the environment than fuel-powered cars? Here’s the verdict
Whether you drive an electric car or are considering making the switch, you’ve probably been drawn into a discussion about whether they are really better for the climate.
Electric cars are key to the world reducing emissions, with transport accounting for almost 20 per cent and rising, so you probably
Rewilding successes and free public transport: Positive environmental stories from 2024
Climate anxiety is very real, but these good news stories from 2024 prove there is hope for our planet.
Eco-anxiety, climate doom, environmental existential dread – as green journalists, we see these terms used a lot – and often feel them ourselves.
While there’s a lot to be worried
Community Builders Awards: This year’s Environment award winner is leading the way for green initiatives
Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay brings the community together to inspire positive change
Clean, Green, Beautiful North Bay (CGB) is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to foster stewardship of North Bay’s land, water and community with a focus on preserving the natural beauty of the city.
Through their
Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming
GEOS-GOCART simulation of IMO impact on aerosol fields
All simulation experiments were run with the Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport (GOCART) aerosol module39,40 in NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Earth System Model (ESM). The GEOS model has a one-moment cloud microphysics module and a rapid radiation transfer
