Dr Eoin O’Gorman from the Department of Life Sciences explores how species might cope with rising global temperatures. Our planet…
Category: Impacts & adaptation
On the brink: 10 South American species endangered by environmental change
SSCP-DTP student Rowan Schley introduces the South American plants and animals on the verge of extinction due to climate and…
Ask not what you can do for climate change, but what climate change can do for you
SSCP-DTP student Arnaud Koehl argues for a better way of selling the benefits of the global climate agreement signed…
Welcome to the Anthropocene: can we save ourselves from extinction?
Deborah Oakley asks whether humanity can survive the onslaught of the humans. “Humanity is no longer just another animal….
UK floods: An uncertain future calls for flexible plans
Filip Babovic (Department of Civil Engineering) (@filipbabovic) looks back on the record-breaking floods experienced in the UK last December, asking…
World leaders are not the only champions for low-carbon living
Grantham Institute co-director Professor Martin Siegert on the inspiring role for innovation and entrepreneurship, and a new public exhibition of…
COP21: The last chance for Small Island Developing States
Grantham Lecturer Dr Erik van Sebille reports back from the second day of the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. For a group…
There is no Planet B: Why I decided to run 3,000 kilometres
Erlend Moster Knudsen is part of the climate awareness campaign Pole to Paris. He is speaking at a seminar at…
High blood pressure: can it be caused by drinking water?
Dr Pauline Scheelbeek, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, explores the link between salty drinking water and high blood pressure. It’s a well-established…
African smallholder farmers responding to an uncertain climate future
by Dr Katrin Glatzel and Alice Marks, Agriculture for Impact With just a couple of months left till the world’s…