Methane release from melting permafrost could trigger dangerous global warming | John Abraham
A policy briefing from the Woods Hole Research Center concludes that the IPCC doesn’t adequately account for a methane warming feedback While most attention has been given to carbon dioxide, it isn’t the only greenhouse gas that scientists are worried about. Carbon dioxide is the most important human-emitted greenhouse gas, but methane has also increased […]
Citymapper: Turning Big Data Into A Service For The City
In a previous article on Circulate, we explored the question of the value and potential for open data to positively impact cities. For understandable reasons, there are concerns about opening up large data sets, but there is evidence that significant benefit can be gained for cities by allowing data to be utilised. One example of […]
Miele Appliances Prove Economic Value In Manufacturing Durability
In many ways, German domestic appliance manufacturer Miele is a company that offers a glimpse into the past. Established in 1899, it is still run by the great grandchildren of the two men who began the company, it has stuck almost religiously to the principles it was founded upon, even as the wider marketplace continues […]
Bird lovers fear annual Australian back yard count will detail species' decline
BirdLife Australia’s state of Australia’s birds report in July found magpie, kookaburra, lorikeet and willie wagtail numbers are declining Gazing at large numbers of birds darting overhead may not be ideal for people with Hitchcockian fears but the steady emptying of Australian skies of some species is getting twitchers a little, well, twitchy. The annual […]
Liberal MP calls for Barnaby Joyce to be given full responsibility of water issues
Sharman Stone backs the agricultural minister, saying the resource belongs in the primary production portfolio The Liberal MP Sharman Stone has backed the Nationals’ calls for the agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, to be given full responsibility for water issues, saying they should be kept together under one portfolio. The Nationals are warning Malcolm Turnbull against […]
Anti-mining activists launch legal action against Acland coalmine expansion
Oakey Coal Action Alliance lodges submission on Queensland project’s $900m stage three, which the group says would be a threat to the local community Anti-mining activists have launched legal action against the controversial expansion of Queensland’s Acland open-cut coalmine. The Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) on Tuesday lodged a formal submission on the $900m stage-three […]
Britain’s endangered lowland rivers | Letters
Nick Davies (The old man and the river, 8 October) raises many pertinent questions with regard to pollution of the Sussex Ouse, but similar problems affect many lowland rivers. He is right that we face huge financial issues in attempting (unsuccessfully) to comply with the worthy but unpopular EU water framework directive. Not least is […]
Hidden treasure: the modernist mural buried in a Scottish mountain
Fifty years ago, a vast mural decorated in gold leaf was assembled 1km beneath Ben Cruachan. We go underground to uncover the story behind the country’s most remote art work If you want to get up close to the most remote work of art in Britain, you’ll need to make a 2 ½-hour train journey […]
VW UK boss questioned by MPs on emissions scandal – live
Transport secretary McLoughlin to be quizzed over government response 4.54pm BST Question to Mike Hawes of SMMT, about carmakers trying to rig tests. He has never heard of manufacturers trying to rig test in his 20 years in industry. 4.52pm BST Why should government – ie my constituents – pay for VWs con, for retesting, […]
If we want a low-carbon future to happen, we should look to Silicon Valley
The internet has monumentally changed our world in just 40 years. If we harness the vision and belief of those innovators a low-carbon revolution is possible too Do you really believe? I’m not asking if you ‘believe’ in climate change – thankfully that question has been delegated to the world of trolls. I mean, do […]