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A recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has made it very clear that drastic, immediate cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit global warming to 1.5° C. With the absence of a technological silver bullet, this requires rapid changes at unprecedented scale across all sectors of the global economy. Just as […]
Continue ReadingAccording to climate scientists at Oxford University, heavy storms, such as the one that caused devastating flooding in the South of England in the winter of 2013/2014, are heavily facilitated by climate change. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions increase the risk of extreme floods by more than 40 per cent, the researchers found. As temperatures keep […]
Continue ReadingWinter has finally arrived in Oxford as temperatures across Oxfordshire dropped as low as -8°C on Wednesday with early morning frost and clear skies ushering in a return to more familiar winter weather following a very mild December. Amongst the lowest temperatures in the country this year so far was found in Kinbrace in Northern Scotland this week […]
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