Cecilia Keating

Haringey, London, United Kingdom

Science Section Editor at Carbon Brief

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Articles

Rapid mineralogical analysis

2 weeks ago | magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson |Cecilia Keating

Elemissionrecently introduced its ECORE Gen3 laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy drill core scanner, which it stated is its fastest and most precise mineralogical analysis tool to date. With a 50 per cent faster processing speed than the company’s model, users can receive results within minutes. The tool requires no sample preparation and it is designed to be easy to operate with minimal staffing.
Global soil moisture in 'permanent' decline due to climate change

4 weeks ago | carbonbrief.org | Cecilia Keating

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle. Combining data from satellites, sea level measurements and observations of “polar motion”, the research shows how soil moisture levels have decreased since the year 2000. The findings, published in Science, suggest the decline is primarily driven by an increasingly thirsty atmosphere as global temperatures rise, as well as shifts in rainfall patterns.
Why the Women in Green Business Awards is more important than ever

1 month ago | businessgreen.com | Cecilia Keating

Celebrating the achievements of women working in the green economy is more important now than ever before. In the wake of President Trump's election victory and the new US administration's moves to gut federal DEI programmes and policies, corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives have come under scrutiny in boardrooms around the world.
IPCC report timeline still undecided after ‘most difficult’ meeting in China

1 month ago | carbonbrief.org | Cecilia Keating |Robert McSweeney

Last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China, marked the third time that governments have failed to agree on a timeline for the organisation’s seventh assessment cycle (AR7). A large group of countries pushed for the reports to be published by the end of 2028, to allow them to feed into the UN’s second global stocktake – a mechanism that will gauge progress towards the Paris Agreement goals.
Media response to 2022 IPCC report suggests shift to ‘solutions-based reporting’

2 months ago | carbonbrief.org | Cecilia Keating

Journalists covering a major climate report in 2022 broke with a “historical tradition” of focusing on the negative impacts of climate change, shifting instead to “positive, solutions-based reporting”, a study has found. The research, published in Climatic Change, looks at the way US and UK news outlets covered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2022 report on the mitigation of climate change.
Critical matters

2 months ago | magazine.cim.org | Graham Chandler |Cecilia Keating |Kelsey Rolfe

Many critical minerals are extracted as byproducts during mining operations for other commodities. But processing and refining them into usable forms is costly, so they have just been treated as waste by western miners. Sign Up Already signed up?
DeBriefed 17 January 2025: Trump looms; Fossil fuels made LA fires ‘burn hotter’; Has ‘cli-fi’ come of age?

Jan 17, 2025 | carbonbrief.org | Cecilia Keating

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. HEAVY-HEARTED HANDOVER: Outgoing US president Joe Biden used his final televised speech from the Oval Office to issue warnings about climate change and social media disinformation, BBC News reported. The Democrat pointed to “powerful forces” with “unchecked influence” set on “eliminat[ing]” the steps his government had taken to tackle climate change.
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2024

Jan 15, 2025 | carbonbrief.org | Cecilia Keating |Robert McSweeney

MEDIA ANALYSIS | January 15. 2025. 8:00 Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2024 The year 2024 was marked by violence and elections, as conflicts escalated around the world and billions of voters went to the polls. However, climate change still made headlines. Thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles were published over the course of the year, helping shape online discourse around climate change.
Media reaction: The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and the role of climate change

Jan 13, 2025 | carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss |Cecilia Keating |Molly Lempriere |Robert McSweeney

More than a dozen wildfires have been sweeping through Los Angeles in California, consuming tens of thousands of acres of land and devastating some of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the US. As firefighters battle to contain the blazes, at least 24 people have died, while tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and thousands of properties have been razed to the ground.
'Simplicity is key': Behind the scenes at UK direct air capture start-up Mission Zero

Nov 18, 2024 | businessgreen.com | Cecilia Keating

BusinessGreen travels to Sheffield to visit the UK's first commercial direct air carbon capture plant Tucked away in a quiet corner of a university research park in Sheffield is a shipping container that could come to play a major role in tackling the climate crisis. From the outside, the box looks... To continue reading this article...