GREEN SHOOTS
COVID-19 recovery choices will shape the future climate as well as economy
While a pollution-free period hasn’t averted climate change, the recovery offers a chance for health and nature, a study reveals
Stories written by Simon Levey
News in brief
CERN benefits and academic award: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Climate fellowships
Imperial-led network appoints four research Fellows to inform UN Climate Summit
COP26 President Alok Sharma has welcomed four inspiring projects, whose leaders join a "vital" cross-university climate change network.
Feature
ice capped
Record-breaking temperatures in the Arctic, what this means for climate change
Q&A with Prof Martin Siegert on the impacts of a six-month Siberian heatwave, which scientists say would have been impossible without global warming.
Foresters’ question time
Q&A: Is planting trees the answer to climate change?
Grantham Institute’s new lecturer Dr Bonnie Waring answers your questions about reforestation.
Cool aid
Warmer summers risk chilling energy bill rises at supermarkets
A new report from Imperial and Sainsbury's outlines how well-managed fridges can keep food cooler, be greener and cut costs.
hot off the press
Climate change will bring bigger swings in European summer temperatures
Global warming will bring more variable temperatures in summer and less variable in winter, finds new study.
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build back better
Team of experts put forward a sustainable approach to coronavirus recovery
Researchers from the UK’s top universities have found that climate-friendly investment policies are the best medicine for a failing economy.
In memoriam
Imperial community pays tribute to Lord Robert May (1936-2020)
Colleagues remember a ‘towering figure in UK science’, with a ‘sharp, penetrating mind’ and a passion for croquet.
cloud computing
Thanks to clouds, new climate simulations predict more warming than predecessors
A new study suggests global warming effect is underestimated, but climate scientists say more research is needed.
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