Joe Goodman

2 weeks ago | interactive.carbonbrief.org | Daisy Dunne |Joe Goodman |Kerry Cleaver

On a speedboat in the Arctic Ocean, a team of scientists are hurtling towards a glacier known as Blomstrandbreen, an 18-km-long river of blue and grey ice. Blombstrandbreen sits on top of Svalbard, an island located at 79 degrees north in the Arctic Ocean. The terminus of the glacier directly faces the sea – and, to get close, the boat must navigate car-sized chunks of ice that have recently calved off the glacier.

2 weeks ago | interactive.carbonbrief.org | Daisy Dunne |Joe Goodman |Kerry Cleaver

In the Arctic Ocean, around 400 miles from the north pole, lies the island of Svalbard. Named after the Viking word for “cold edge”, the island lay largely undisturbed before it was used as a base for whaling in the 17th and 18th centuries and transformed into a coal-mining hub in the 20th century. Today, the capital, Longyearbyen, is a tourist destination. Further north, an international climate research station has been set up in the former mining town of Ny-Ålesund.

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Daisy Dunne |Joe Goodman |Kerry Cleaver

On a speedboat in the Arctic Ocean, a team of scientists are hurtling towards a glacier known as Blomstrandbreen, an 18-km-long river of blue and grey ice. Blombstrandbreen sits on top of Svalbard, an island located at 79 degrees north in the Arctic Ocean. The terminus of the glacier directly faces the sea – and, to get close, the boat must navigate car-sized chunks of ice that have recently calved off the glacier.

Feb 18, 2025 | interactive.carbonbrief.org | Josh Gabbatiss |Joe Goodman

Germany has a long history as an industrial powerhouse and it remains a centre of European manufacturing. As of 2023, it had the 12th highest emissions in the world. The nation was an early leader in developing wind and solar power. Its “Energiewende” policies have driven a surge in these technologies over the past two decades, at the same time as winding down its sizable nuclear power sector. However, Germany still uses more coal than any other country in Europe.

Nov 7, 2024 | carbonbrief.org | Joe Goodman

In FocusThe Carbon Brief Quiz 2024 Around 500 scientists, civil servants, journalists and climate experts took part in the 10th annual Carbon Brief quiz on Wednesday 6 November 2024. This year’s quiz was hosted by Octopus Energy at its headquarters in central London. In total, 55 teams participated – 30 teams in person and 25 teams joining via Zoom. Competing teams reflected a wide range of climate change and energy professionals.