Don't put all eggs in one (geoengineered) basket

Should research efforts focus on single large-scale geoengineering schemes? Or...

Dec 16, 2011

Global emissions rebound to record levels after global financial crisis

Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by a record 5.9 per cent in 2010...

Nov 24, 2011

Conference deadline extends

The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters...

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Tracking groundwater depletion

As water demand rises rapidly, some regions are withdrawing groundwater faster...

Scientists who published the famous “hockey stick” graph experienced sustained attacks soon after the figure was incorporated in the 2001 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Now one of those scientists, Ray Bradley, has written a very personal account of his experience. He spoke to Owen Gaffney about his new book.

Learning from the past

When it comes to managing the environment, we rarely look beyond the past few years to inform decisions. John Dearing says this needs to change.

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The promise and perils of creating markets to pay for public goods

Some payment mechanisms to support ecosystem services can be environmentally harmful, warn experts in...

IGBP research presented to Dalai Lama

Global-change researcher Diana Liverman presented IGBP's Great Acceleration graphs to the Dalai Lama...

Single-celled plankton reveal past climates

How do scientists reconstruct past climate conditions on Earth? One way of doing this is by culturing...

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2011-11-07 The promise and perils of creating markets to pay for public goods Some payment mechanisms to support ecosystem services can be environmentally harmful, warn experts in the journal Science.
2011-10-25 IGBP research presented to Dalai Lama Global-change researcher Diana Liverman presented IGBP's Great Acceleration graphs to the Dalai Lama (17 October 2011).
2011-10-04 Single-celled plankton reveal past climates How do scientists reconstruct past climate conditions on Earth? One way of doing this is by culturing living planktonic Foraminifera and analyzing their shell composition under present day conditions in the world oceans. A new short film on the importance of plankton for climate research has just been released. Watch it here.
2011-05-11 The Anthropocene Former IGBP director Will Steffen outlining the case that we have entered a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene
2011-05-06 Planetary Stewardship Planetary and Societal Risks: why we need planetary stewardship, 8 March 2011, United Nations, New York. Presentation by Professor Sybil Seitzinger, Executive Director, International Geosphere-Biosphere Progamme.
2011-05-06 IGBP Climate Change Index The IGBP Climate Change Index provides an annual snapshot of the general climate trend. It is like a Dow Jones index for climate.