Climate

Our exploration of the Earth’s fluctuating environment is an extraordinary story of human perception and scientific endeavour

Often-overlooked fungi are helping lock away carbon and combat climate change.

In the third lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, environmental scientist Tara Shine demonstrates how Earth produces a never

In the second lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and

In the first lecture of the 2020 Christmas Lectures, geologist Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils

Tara Shine shows how Earth produces a never-ending supply of oxygen, and why today’s increased carbon emissions are dangerous to

Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water forms the heart of the Earth's

Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history.

Our digital media intern, Kathy Grenville, questions the effectiveness of recent bans on single use plastics and looks at

Sea level rise can no longer be stopped, so it is urgent that we commence intelligent adaptation as a high priority, argues John