Madeleine Cuff

1 week ago | buff.ly | Madeleine Cuff

Tucked away on a side street in a bustling area of central London lies the headquarters of the largest climate organisation you have never heard of. Every year, the Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to some of the world’s most influential campaign groups and scientific institutions, steering the direction of both research and lobbying on the green transition.

1 week ago | newscientist.com | Madeleine Cuff

Tucked away on a side street in a bustling area of central London lies the headquarters of the largest climate organisation you have never heard of. Every year, the Quadrature Climate Foundation (QCF) funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to some of the world’s most influential campaign groups and scientific institutions, steering the direction of both research and lobbying on the green transition.

1 week ago | newscientist.com | Madeleine Cuff

A sudden and dramatic decline in the amount of carbon being soaked up by European forests is causing alarm among scientists, with fears that the sharp downturn could undermine efforts to curb global warming. For decades, Europe’s forests – which cover around 40 per cent of the continent’s land area – have been relied on as a source of timber and as a sink for carbon emissions. But that picture is rapidly changing as extreme weather pushes forests to the limits of their endurance.

2 weeks ago | newscientist.com | Madeleine Cuff

Rivers around the world are leaking ancient carbon back into the atmosphere. The finding has taken scientists by surprise and suggests human activities are damaging the natural landscape far more than first thought. Researchers already knew rivers released carbon dioxide and methane as part of the global carbon cycle – the short-term movement of gases that happens as living things grow and decompose. They are thought to emit around 2 gigatonnes of this carbon each year.

2 weeks ago | newscientist.nl | Madeleine Cuff

Wetenschappers hebben een accuratere manier ontwikkeld om de wereldwijde luchttemperatuur bij het aardoppervlak te berekenen. Die wijst erop dat we misschien al over drie jaar de grens van 1,5 graden opwarming doorbreken. De wereld is nog meer opgewarmd dan we dachten. Een nieuwe dataset suggereert namelijk dat de temperatuurstijging sinds het begin van de industriële revolutie 6 procent hoger is dan eerdere schattingen.