The cracks start without you noticing. You hadn’t been paying attention: you’d been looking at problems elsewhere, at more immediate emergencies. You…
-
antarctica The things we take for granted
-
aboutme Burned out, but still burning
You’re tired. You’re burned out. You don’t know how you keep getting up in the morning, keep switching on the news, keep…
-
aboutme Searching for green shoots
In an instant, my life is no longer under my control. I become a little institutionalised at home, reluctant to leave…
-
aboutme Half the world’s future
GRETA, says the text, and two hands grip the pigtails behind the girl’s naked body. What clearer threat to girls and…
-
aboutme A cure for climate change
Tonight the Royal Geographical Society hosts the launch of the book Culture and Climate Change: Scenarios, as part of their Geographical lates: COP25…
-
aboutme Extinction, empathy, endings, beginnings
Well, this tweet didn’t age well… A year later, I have 15,000 followers, while they have nearly a quarter of a…
-
aboutme On staying local
Image credit: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. In climate science, I’ve always worked with the big picture. First, global…
-
antarctica How soon will the ‘ice apocalypse’ come?
I’m very happy to return to blogging here at PLoS after a long…pause. I talk about why after this post, which was originally…
-
events Nine Lessons and Carols in Communicating Climate Uncertainty
About a month ago I was invited to represent the Cabot Institute at the All Parliamentary Party Climate Change Group (APPCCG) meeting…