The European Cryosat mission has been focussing on analysing the sea-ice cover in the Arctic recently. New data has been produced from the spacecraft which uses it’s radar to estimate the thickness of the ices …
Continue readingRemember the Earth Hour Project
Last year, and you may remember on the Saturday 23rd March at 8:30pm, millions of people around the world will be recognising Earth Hour. At this time (your local time) people across the world will …
Continue readingStudying Climate Change on the Ground
The most obvious effects of climate change are of course in the air temperature, the weather and the sea levels. However it is also known to cause other problems indirectly such as damaging the soil. …
Continue readingFrench Firms Warns Off Drilling in Artic
I can’t remember ever hearing a statement like this before, but the CEO of French Total has completely surprised many environmentalists. Christophe de Margerie stated that the environmental risks of drilling in the Artic outweighed …
Continue readingClimategate and Anonymity in Science
In 2009 the environmental groups lobbying for action against climate change had a bit of a set back. It happened prior to a big convention in Copenhagen and eventually got dubbed with the title of …
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