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With all that is going on in the world right now, it’s easy to think that composting your food scraps or taking the train instead of driving up the motorway won’t make the slightest bit of difference. Why bother trying to “save” the environment? Well, because it is intrinsically linked with everything.
Climate change is often described as a “threat amplifier”; it makes other problems worse. On the flipside, reducing greenhouse gas emissions has so many positives. Electrifying transport results in cleaner air and healthier populations. Green spaces store carbon and improve people’s wellbeing. More resilient, sustainable food systems can cut the risk of malnutrition. increase the average lifespan and lift millions out of poverty.
Professor of Earth system science at UCL, Mark Maslin, explains that a win for climate action is always a win for health. He outlines four key steps to achieve a healthier, fairer society, according to a new report.
Meanwhile, the National Gallery has added a trigger warning of cultural appropriation to photographs and portraits of T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia. History expert Robert Frost from the University of Leicester explores the reasons for – and consequences of – wearing native dress.
And six years since the COVID pandemic began, experts at the University of Birmingham reveal why some people suffered from blood clots after receiving certain vaccines. This, it turns out, was a rare immune response that links to tiny mutations in a particular antibody.
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