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With world attention on recent wildfires and floods in North America, Europe and China, people should not overlook the devastating impact of climate change in Antarctica, scientists have warned. Antarctica, a cold and remote continent in the southern hemisphere, is composed of “fragile and vulnerable environments” which may be subject to considerable stress and damage...
A chemical process used in the browning of food to give it its distinct smell and taste is probably happening in the oceans, where it helped create the conditions necessary for life. Known as the Maillard reaction after the French scientist who discovered it, the process converts small molecules of organic carbon into bigger molecules...
Consumers in richer, developed nations will have to accept restrictions on their energy use if international climate change targets are to be met, warn researchers. A big challenge in planning emission reductions is to identify the fairest and most equitable way that governments can curtail energy use, a process known as energy demand reduction. Writing...
A carbon tax based on the purpose of using goods and services would be fairer and more likely to deliver climate justice, say ecological economists. It would mean products to meet basic needs such as fuel for heating or to cook food would attract a lower rate of taxation than the tax rate applied to...
Human-caused global warming has continued to increase at an “unprecedented rate” since the last major assessment of the climate system published two years ago, say 50 leading scientists. The research, published in the journal Earth System Science Data, found that human-induced warming averaged 1.14°C over the last decade and a record level of greenhouse gases is being emitted...