Imperial undergraduate Lisa Winkler, who recently completed an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme at the Grantham Institute, blogs on her experience…
Tag: climate change
Does climate change mitigation modelling need its own R?
Dr Ajay Gambhir, Senior Research Fellow at the Grantham Institute, considers what climate scientists could learn from the COVID-19 crisis…
COVID-19 and planetary change: The food system is sick
Professor Paolo Vineis, Chair of Environmental Epidemiology at Imperial’s School of Public Health, blogs on why the food system must…
Coronavirus and climate change: “There is much uncertainty, and much to play for”
The Grantham Institute’s Dr Ajay Gambhir blogs on how learning from the coronavirus crisis could help place the world on…
Research in the Atlantic Ocean: Six weeks onboard the Discovery
Ophelie Meuriot, a Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership studying physical oceanography…
Women@Imperial 2020: Celebrating women at the Grantham Institute
To mark International Women’s Day and Women@Imperial week, we’re celebrating the brilliant women working in climate change and the environment…
Antarctica at 200: why the ‘climate decade’ must secure the future for Antarctica
Following an Imperial Lates event focused on what the future may hold for Antarctica, Richard Knight, former student on Imperial’s MSc Environmental Technology course, blogs on how vulnerable the continent…
Reducing demand for air travel starts at work
Laura Warwick, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership, says flying shouldn’t be…
Spreading like wildfire; the double-threat of changing landscapes and climate
Wildfire is the single greatest terrestrial disturbance agent on Earth. Satellite data suggest that in an average year, wildfires burn a total area of around 3.5 million km2, an area around 15 times larger than the UK. While some of these fires are purposefully controlled or are manageable, and can have benefits for ecosystems and livelihoods, other fires burn uncontrollably, with sometimes devastating consequences for safety, livelihoods, wildlife and climate.
Salt marshes or sea walls? Preventing coastal flooding in the UK
Nick Reynard, Lizzie Ellison and Amy Wilson, Research Postgraduates on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP, consider…