Limiting warming to 1.5C could ‘substantially’ cut risk of ice-free Arctic summers

Meeting the Paris Agreement’s aspirational target of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could “substantially” reduce the risk of sea ice-free summers...

Major upgrade to dataset for Ireland’s Biodiversity Maps

April 2nd, 2018 The National Biodiversity Data Center has announced an overhaul of its online data portal to create a more detailed picture of protected,...

TCD graduates set to launch food sustainability app

April 2nd, 2018 Two entrepreneurial Trinity College Dublin graduates are set to launch a new to encourage sustainable food consumption this summer. The app called Evocco...

On climate change, zero-sum thinking doesn’t work

Joseph Robertson is Global Strategy Director for Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Founder and President of the Geoversiv Foundation, and lead strategist in the Resilience Intel initiative. Democracy is not a zero-sum...

2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13

A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.  Editor's Pick Stanford law and science experts discuss court...

Biodiversity declining in every region of the world, finds four major reports

March 31st, 2018 Biodiversity is declining in every region of the world, impacting nature’s capacity to provide food, water, and safety to people, four UN-backed...

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