More worrying than global warming – report on ‘extreme space weather’ shows risks to Earth

Extreme space weather has a global footprint and the potential to damage critical infrastructure on the ground and in space. A new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre…

Effect of Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations on Early Human Societies

Guest essay by Don Healy During the past 100,000 years, human societies have witnessed the vast change in climate that has occurred as we have transitioned from a glacial period…

The Anthropocene: Scientists respond to criticisms of a new geological epoch

‘Irreversible’ changes to the Earth provide striking evidence of new epoch, University of Leicester experts suggest A team of academics led by the University of Leicester has responded to criticisms…