In December 2015, at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the measured concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide exceeded 400 parts per million. The last time the Earth’s atmosphere contained that much CO2 was some 4...
Category - Global Issues
Facing up to climate change
Climate change – with its causes and consequences, and particularly how to tackle it – was one of...
Take out the carbon
There is both urgency and resignation in the voice of world-renowned oceanographer, polar ice...
Oh, starboard your helm!
This time it could be the big one. Fire on the Amazon, fire in Siberia, a dome of heat above the...
The Heart of the Land
2020 Orkney International Science Festival went online. Like many events this year, technology came...
When I first encountered the Kogi
When I first encountered the Kogi, it was a quite extraordinary surprise. I was trying to research...
Barefoot in Tilonia
Having retired from my final job as a Senior Committee Clerk from Orkney Islands Council, and...
Reasons for Hope – Jane Goodall’s Orkney lecture with global...
Jane Goodall’s lecture in St Magnus Cathedral is now online. The lecture, given in the 2012 Orkney...