Monthly Archives: October 2023

Billions of birds collide with glass buildings – but architecture has solutions

October 24, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Bird stickers are used to deter collisions with a glass wall in Korea. Ki Young/Shutterstock Paul Dobraszczyk, UCL At least 1,000 birds were killed in one day in early October, when they collided with a single Chicago building, McCormick Place … Continue reading →

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Lough Neagh: UK and Ireland’s largest lake is being suffocated by business and agricultural interests

October 10, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Calum McGeown, Queen’s University Belfast; John Barry, Queen’s University Belfast, and Louise Taylor, Queen’s University Belfast Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland. It is a protected area of special scientific interest and the source … Continue reading →

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6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now

October 9, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne The world is very warm right now. We’re not only seeing record temperatures, but the records are being broken by record-wide margins. Take the preliminary September global-average temperature anomaly of 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels, … Continue reading →

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How dormant plant traits could be reawakened to unlock fertiliser-free farming

October 6, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Giles Oldroyd, University of Cambridge Plants are among the most intrepid explorers on Earth. Roughly 460 million years ago, the first plants started leaving lakes and rivers and appeared on land. At that time, the surface of Earth was mostly … Continue reading →

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Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK

October 5, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Jared J. Finnegan, UCL In two recent speeches, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the costs of everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles as justification for weakening the country’s climate policy. There is a strategy behind this, but it’s … Continue reading →

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New single-use plastic ban takes effect in England – here’s why its impact may be limited

October 3, 2023 by Mike Andrews

A new ban prohibits businesses in England from selling some single-use plastic products. Freepik2/Shutterstock Antaya March, University of Portsmouth; Cressida Bowyer, University of Portsmouth, and Keiron Roberts, University of Portsmouth Single-use plastic and packaging has become an essential part of … Continue reading →

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How community gardening could ease your climate concerns

October 3, 2023 by Mike Andrews

Viktoriia Hnatiuk/Shutterstock Jose Yong, Northumbria University, Newcastle Every day, we are bombarded with messages about a world in crisis. Alongside the ongoing reminders of wars, economic recessions and social unrest is news about natural disasters and extreme weather – be … Continue reading →

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