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Climate change announced as the theme for Manchester Science Festival 2020
The festival will showcase a range of art commissions, immersive and participatory experiences, outdoor events and live debates in aid of the 2020 Year of Climate Action

Online tool created by UoM to combat climate emergency
The free to use Tyndall Carbon Targeter, designed by The University of Manchester, could assist the UK in reaching national emission goals

UoM signs up for Covering Climate Now to fight climate crisis
For a week this September, the University of Manchester will join forces with media outlets and organisations to devote their research to the global climate emergency

Review: ‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers
Just a few weeks ago, the world’s leading climate scientists announced that mankind has just twelve years left to limit the irreversible impact of climate change on our planet. Sparking conversation across the globe, the news has, for most, awoken a desire for change. But in order to ignite this change, perhaps we should first […]

12 years to prevent climate catastrophe
Leading climate scientists and government figureheads from across the globe have met in South Korea this week to scrutinise a 15-page report advising policymakers on global increases in temperature
Will Murdoch pollute National Geographic?
With the Murdoch media empire investing in National Geographic, Alex Daniel critically assesses whether it spells the beginning of the end for the prestigious magazine.
‘Permafrost threatens massive carbon release,’ warns Manchester academic
Dr Bart van Dongen, of the University of Manchester, has warned that a collapsed ice wall in Siberia is releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than was previously thought