Nearly all Indian towns and cities exist in a paradox: they are water scarce in dry seasons, yet prone to severe flooding during monsoons. Earlier this summer, the entire area of […]
Climate change
Jeni Miller: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are not so natural disasters
Human decisions are ramping up the intensity and frequency of such storms and making their consequences worse […]
Disavowal: the great excuser that may destroy us
By Richard Smith and David Pencheon In 2007 Fiona Godlee, editor of The BMJ and somebody who has been concerned about the environment for at least 30 years, was outed […]
Chris Simms: Brexit and the vengeance of unintended consequences
Decades before the advent of complexity science, H L Mencken wrote that “For every complex problem there is a solution which is clear, simple, and wrong.” These solutions typically complicate […]
Kathleen Ruff: Climate change—UN fails to address industry influence
Climate change is widely recognized as the most urgent issue facing planet Earth. The scientific community is clear: we must take strong action to stop practices that are causing global […]
Pauline Castres: Climate change cannot wait
The UK government’s climate advisers’ call for action The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK government’s official climate adviser, recently delivered its latest assessment of the UK’s progress to […]
Nick Watts and Pauline Castres: Will Michael Gove go from a “shy green” to a climate leader?
Temperatures in the UK have soared to 34°C this week, and the UK Met Office has issued its second highest heatwave alert. A number of European countries, including Spain, Portugal, […]
Adithya Pradyumna: Human health depends on planetary health
Food is deeply engrained as a basic human need, and also a source of great pleasure. It is central to the very notion of what it means to be […]
UK health alliance: The pathway to a healthy, low-carbon world is set
By Nick Watts, Nicola Wheeler, Pauline Castres The decision of the US President to quit the Paris Agreement will not trump that momentum. […]
Rising above the political tide: Our March for Science
In the wake of Saturday’s March for Science, Nahid Bhadelia and Afsan Bhadelia argue that scientists must sometimes join the political fray to advocate for inconvenient truths […]