Increase in renewables in UK energy mix
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) yesterday released the latest figures on the UK's energy use. They show an increase in the share of power produced from renewable energy - but the...
View ArticleEl Nino cycle is stronger this century, but still can’t be linked to climate...
New research shows that a natural climate phenomenon called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) was unusually strong in the 20th century compared to the past 7,000 years. But while the research...
View ArticleWhy the UK's unique weather makes understanding rain patterns harder
We're not just imagining it - the UK really is wet. 2012 was the second-wettest year on record, according to provisional measurements from the Met Office, which also finds that the country may be...
View ArticleMethane emissions undermine switch from coal to gas
Questions are being asked about the emissions benefits of shale gas after new research shows high levels of methane emissions leaking from two gas fields in the United States. Natural gas has about...
View ArticleThe Independent says we're headed for catastrophic sea level rise
Based on a new study, today's Independent claims scientific experts believe melting ice sheets contribute more to sea level rise than previously thought. But the idea that past sea level rise...
View ArticleComparing the candidates for DECC permanent secretary
Stephen Lovegrove has been appointed Permanent Secretary for the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) after the Prime Minister intervened to block the Secretary of State's preferred...
View ArticleDavid Rose and the £110 billion energy bill
This week's Mail on Sunday claims the UK's coming energy bill could cost the country £110 billion and cause the UK years of chronic impoverishment. The article's headline asks: "Why is Britain about...
View ArticleWhy the Met Office’s revised forecast still doesn’t show global warming has...
There have been claims in the papers today and yesterday that new figures from the Met Office show global warming is "at a standstill" - and that this is set to continue for the next few years. But...
View ArticleSkeptical science video on global warming 'pause' (1)
Natural and human influences are affecting the world's climate. As a new video shows, if you subtract natural influences on global temperature over the last 30 years - leaving only the human influence...
View ArticleHeatwaves, droughts and wildfires in Australia: What’s the link to climate...
This week, Australia is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave, sparking wildfires that have ravaged the country. We take a look at how far the heatwave and its consequences can be linked to climate...
View ArticleWeekly update 10 January 2013
Met Office temperature predictions - hot or not? Over the festive break the Met Office released new analysis revising downwards a prediction for how much temperatures are likely to rise over the next...
View ArticleThat Met Office media controversy in context
The Met Office has today published an explanation of how it forecasts decadal temperature trends following news that it has revised downwards its decadal prediction of likely global temperature rise...
View ArticleNew EU polling shows strong support for climate change targets
The European Commission has reported a rise in support for its 2020 targets, including those aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and increase the supply of renewable energy. 74 per cent of...
View ArticleAll the reasons why global warming hasn't stopped
Accusations of scientific misconduct flowed from skeptics and some news outlets last week after the Met Office revised downwards its decadal prediction of global temperature rise up to 2017. Although...
View ArticleOffshore wind costs £17 billion
Government "blunders" over contracts for offshore wind farms will drive up energy bills, ultimately costing consumers £17 billion, according to the front page of both the Daily Telegraph and Metro...
View Articlerenewable-investment-drops-2012
Investment in low carbon technologies fell 11 per cent in 2012, according to a new report by market analysts Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which also shows China has overtaken the US as the world's...
View ArticleThe Observer is wrong: climate change denial is not becoming entrenched
I'll begin with two questions: What proportion of Americans say there is solid evidence that the earth is warming? Is it: a) one quarter; b) one third; c) a half; or d) two thirds. What has happened...
View ArticleFive problems with the latest foray into climate science by the Express
Monday's Daily Express provided a helpful run-through of some rather tired climate skeptic memes, courtesy of columnist Leo McKinstry. It didn't deviate from the Express's editorial line on climate...
View ArticleSoot fingered as climate threat
A study has found that black carbon, often called soot, is damaging the climate more than researchers had realised, and that cutting emissions could help to lower global temperatures. Climate...
View ArticleWhat does 2012 being the 9th hottest year on record tell us about climate...
On Tuesday, NASA released its latest annual analysis of global temperatures - which shows 2012 was the ninth warmest year since records began in 1880. But does one year's temperature data tell us...
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