Why this Metric? Excess greenhouse gases are trapping heat in our atmosphere, but close to 90% of that heat has been absorbed by the ocean. Its predominantly dark […]

Why This Metric? A February 2021 study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Letters, reported that seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are now changing lengths, all except […]

Biodiversity loss and the ecological crisis have become hot topics in recent years but why does the loss of biological diversity matter to humans and what problems could […]

We are partially aware that the plastic we use on a daily basis, half of which is single use, has to go somewhere. Similarly, we know a lot […]

The advent of satellite technology has allowed us to monitor the state of the cryosphere for four decades. It has become clear that both Arctic glaciers and sea […]