I’ve just returned from fieldwork in Svalbard, the island archipelago situated halfway between Norway and the North Pole. Straddling 81˚ to 74˚N, this near-pristine environment is a haven for researchers interested in Arctic environments. I’ve been extremely privileged to visit some beautiful places in the world but ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in September, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
By Chris Turney, author of Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past As with all great stories it began with a potato. Longer ago than I care to admit, there was a time when I was a young and foolish teenager. Left at home on one of the rare ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in October 2008, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies (9 comments)
By Professor Chris Turney, author of the just released book, Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past (read reviews here). It's not often you hear good news when it comes to climate change. More often than not, reports in the media verge on the catastrophic, rarely giving little ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in July 2008, about Carbon Trading, Politics & Government
To shamelessly pinch a Mikado song title from Gilbert and Sullivan, there’s a bit of a how-de-do going on in Britain at the moment. The UK Government has been saying for some time that the nation must significantly reduce its carbon footprint. In 2003, it pledged to reduce the ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in June 2008, about Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Politics & Government, Weather
Imagine a world of wildly escalating temperatures, apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea level rise. This might sound like a prediction for the future or the storyline of a new Hollywood blockbuster but it's something quite different: it's our past. In a day and age when where ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in May 2008
by Professor Chris Turney, author of the just released book, Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past (read reviews here). I’ve just finished reading a fascinating research paper in this week's issue of Nature. Researchers in Germany, headed up by Noel Keenlyside of the Leibniz Institute of ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in May 2008, about Climate Change
At 8pm yesterday, my family and I joined the world for an hour as we turned off the lights as part of Earth Hour, an initiative launched last year by World Wildlife Fund Australia in Sydney. A relatively small event in 2007, it has kick started a global phenomenon that ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in March 2008, about Climate Change
The great American mechanical engineer Frederick W. Taylor once said “It’s easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.” I must confess I’ve often sympathised with this view; I’ve often found it rather hard on the grey matter to follow the ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in March 2008, about Carbon Trading, Politics & Government, Weather
Editor's Note: Those that were inspired by our recent A Town Begins to Get Ready post will find further encouragement here. We all need to put some thought into how to transition to, and prepare for, a low-carbon future -- and learning from communities that are already making a start ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in February 2008, about Climate Change, Transition Towns
You might be forgiven for opening your Sunday newspaper and thinking the world was saved. The announcement from Bali that the international community had agreed a roadmap for negotiations on climate change appears to be a momentous event. On the face of it things look like they’re going in ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in December 2007, about Climate Change, Politics & Government, Weather
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