Journalism Portfolio
New Pressure for European Research Unity
Leading academics call for UK and Switzerland to associate with Horizon Europe to counter US green tech might
Scientists fear excluding Russia from Arctic research will derail climate change effort
The Arctic circle is warming three times as quickly as the rest of the planet. With access to research in Siberia now restricted, the impact could be ‘felt all around the world’
Scaling up tidal requires a new flood of cash
Tidal energy could be a game-changer for a greener, more sustainable economy as the EU moves towards a target of 40-percent renewables in its overall energy mix by 2030.
It could deliver 100 GW of capacity by 2050 – equivalent to 10 percent of Europe's electricity consumption today.
Read the full article in EU Observer
COVID-19 is cutting air pollution, but it will not slow climate change
The coronavirus crisis is leading to lower emissions across Europe and around the world. But these reductions are temporary - and, despite a postponement of the global climate summit, experts say now is not the time to put green energy research and climate policy on lockdown. Read the full story in Science Business.
Matchmaking corals from different colonies could reduce bleaching events
Breeding together corals that have naturally high heat tolerance and planting them on coral reefs could increase the reefs’ resilience to climate change and reduce the impact of bleaching events, according to Dr James Guest, a coral reef ecologist from Newcastle University, UK.