Environment
My experience of COP26 in Glasgow
COP26 in Glasgow finished a couple of weeks ago, and despite only attending in person for one day, I am still recovering from the excitement and energy I expended. I imagine those involved in the ...
Why we need to tackle climate change and the sixth mass extinction at the same time
COP26 necessarily has a major focus on reducing, eliminating, and sequestering carbon. Less prominent in the headlines is the crisis in biodiversity – the Sixth Great Extinction, with the current rate of species loss ...
Soil, carbon and climate change
Organic matter in soil, which contains carbon originating from plants and organisms, is an important part of regulating the Earth’s climate. Soil is a huge store of carbon and is estimated to contain three times ...
Why rising sea levels are a problem for today, not just tomorrow
Much of my research has been carried out in the middle of the Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. I’ve sat in a freezing tent studying the impact of climate change on sea levels – ...
How to make green investments part of the global sustainability cycle
We need sustainable investment, not token finance for green projects that leave traditional ways of doing business untouched. Planting more trees, or funding eye-catching blue sky technologies is not the answer. There is growing commitment ...
Reflecting on my student experience
Before starting at Cranfield University, I had just finished having a long summer after completing and graduating from my BSc in Environmental Science at Bournemouth University. By continuing onto postgraduate study, I wanted to ...