Journalism Portfolio
The way we are going about saving coral reefs is all wrong
Coral gardening projects are more popular than ever to help reefs recover from the effects of a warming ocean, but they are a distraction away from the real solutions.
Read more in New Scientist
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
How the keep cup became a casualty of the pandemic
One of the early casualties of Covid-19 was the reusable coffee cup. Reducing waste took second place to avoiding infection. In the early days, little was known about the disease, how contagious it was and how it was spreading. Now, as society reopens, some cafés are looking for ways to safely reintroduce 'keep cups'.
Read the full article in the Irish Independent
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.