The UK has recorded its hottest ever temperature, passing 40℃ for the first time. But you can’t deny it had fair warning. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning six…Read More >
environment
Hedgehog conservation: how to make a garden nest box appealing – new research
When large patches of woodland are swallowed by urban sprawl or when households replace long grass with artificial turf or refurbish buildings to repair cracks and crevices, wildlife populations are…Read More >
What science says about the best ways to cool down
We spend most of the year complaining that Britain is too cold and wet but gripe with just as much enthusiasm about the heat. Although moaning about the weather is…Read More >
Teaching Climate and Sustainability in Primary Schools: An Outdoor Learning Approach
Last week we launched a short online course on Teaching Climate and Sustainability in Primary Schools: An Outdoor Learning Approach on the FutureLearn platform. The course is for Primary teachers…Read More >
The twelve months of Walker: 2021 highlights from the University’s Interdisciplinary Climate Research Centre
Despite the challenges caused by the pandemic, and not being able to meet so many valued colleagues and partners in person, the Walker Institute team have continued to build our…Read More >
The Maldives is threatened by rising seas – but coastal development is causing even more pressing environmental issues
As UN climate conference COP26 is ongoing, vulnerable nations are rightly highlighting how they are threatened by climate change. One such nation is the Maldives, for whose inhabitants sea level…Read More >
One in three heat deaths since 1991 linked to climate change – here’s how else warming affects our health
Since 1991, 37% of lives lost due to extreme heat globally can be attributed to climate change on average. That’s according to a new study which gathered data from 732…Read More >
When in doubt, kick it!
How do scientists understand highly complex and intricate systems such as the atomic structure of materials, stars in a remote region of our galaxy, or even our planet Earth itself?…Read More >
Why a green electricity grid depends on weather forecasts improving
Boxing Day 2020 was so blustery that more than half of the UK’s daily electricity was met by wind power for the first time. Just over a week later, the wind died…Read More >
Overshadowed by COVID: the deadly extreme weather of 2020
The year 2020 will no doubt go down in history for other reasons, but it is also on target to be one of the warmest on record. And as the…Read More >