A new study shows that strong and rapid action to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will help to slow down the rate of global warming over the next twenty years. This highlights that immediate action on climate change can bring benefits within lifetimes, and not just far into the future. Scientists...
The need for clarity in the composition of greenhouse gas targets set by countries has been underlined in a guest post for Carbon Brief by Professor Myles Allen of the University of Oxford and Priestley Centre director Piers Forster. The post, which discusses a new study in Nature Climate Change by the authors and colleagues...
The stream of bubbles created by ships as they cross the ocean could be geoengineered to help reduce global temperatures by almost a degree in the longer term, researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered – but only if bubbles are smaller and made to last longer. A study looking at the effervescent trails found that the effect...