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Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...work. I also recorded a video explaining our focus on Antarctica and the uncertainty surrounding the impact of global warming. Following the video is a slightly more in depth description of our recent research findings. Unstable ice sheets The idea that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet could become “unstable” goes back four decades. In the 1970s two US material...
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Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
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Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...Working Group II of IPCC on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. He was Lead Author for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports in the field of agriculture, forests and ecosystems and shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007. He has contributed to international research programs (GCTE, Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems; GCP, Global Carbon Project) and to...
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Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...work has confirmed the importance of closing the nuclear fuel cycle in order for substantial benefits to be seen from a move to thorium. Nuttall et al. (2015) have concluded: ‘that thorium fuel offers little benefit over conventional uranium-fuelled approaches for open-cycle nuclear energy production limited to the Low-Enriched Uranium standard of 20% 235U. We suggest...
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‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
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‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...work The UK would be reckless to unilaterally replace the Common Fisheries Policy with domestic law and dictate terms of access to EU vessels of EU Member States. Instead, agreeing a bilateral agreement with the EU is the best way forward. Research for the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) suggests a preferential regime with EU Member States which...
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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...working out the carbon saving potential of anything (not just new windows)! References Asdrubali, F., Ballarini, I., Corrado, V., Evangelisti, L., Grazieschi, G. and Guattari, C. (2019) ‘Energy and environmental payback times for an NZEB retrofit’, Building and Environment, vol. 147, pp. 461–472 [Online]. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.10.047. Berg, F. and Fuglseth,...
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...work in wine, and facing a dismal academic job market, thought I might go into wine consulting, which I was doing on the side in academia, but low and behold I got a job and found myself in Sweden. So we’re here at the Our Common Future under Climate Change Conference in Paris and …. RH: You’re going to tell me about climate change and wine. KN: Yes, so wine is a...
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The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...work effectively in the past. For example, earlier this year Warwickshire and West Mercia Police began sharing IT and training resources – and even responding to calls in each other’s localities – with great success. Osborne has said that revisions to OBR forecasts have allowed him to spare some of the departments which seemed set for vigorous cuts. But the recent...
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Privatising Thames Water
Money & Business

Privatising Thames Water

...work in financialising Thames Water; the regulatory body, OFWAT, was effectively hemmed in by a regulatory ring fence too tightly drawn. What the regulator has not been able to do in any serious way is to challenge whether the goal to place the customer centre stage through privatisation has been side-lined in favour of financing techniques that see value 'created' but...
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