The Guardian (2014) describes how First Capital Connect has finally completed a five year long project in conjunction with Solarcentury, to provide half of Blackfriars rail station power from 4,400 roof-mounted solar panels. In terms of CO2 emissions, trains … Continue reading
Author Archives: Leanne Carr
Is there a global warming ‘tipping point’?
An article by Page (2011), presented the idea that there may be a ‘tipping point’ or threshold where there is an abrupt change, a possible result could be a shift from one state to another, and for example freezing … Continue reading
Migrating insects?
Current research has shown that climate warming is having a large impact on many types of organisms, including insects, with a distribution shift to their preferred microclimates (Şekercioğlu et al, 2012). Warming of tropical areas will increase pressure on … Continue reading
