When it comes to world building, some authors really put the effort in. In a new study, climate scientists attempted to model the environments of Westeros and Middle Earth – from A Song of Ice and ...

When English author J.R.R. Tolkien crafted his fantasy world Middle-earth, he argued storytellers are essentially “sub-creators” – they build fictional realms with internally consistent laws. For a ...

By John Cannon Planting trees is a vital strategy to combat both climate change and the biodiversity crisis. As forests grow, ...

Reconstructed surface air temperature (left) and rainfall amount (right) during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum warming event, 56 million years ago. The maps were created by blending geological ...

Changes in rainfall within global monsoon regions affect the livelihoods of billions. For years, climate models have ...

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

A new interactive web application from scientists shows how the local climate around each city is set to change as the globe continues to warm. While climate change is affecting the world, it is not ...

Researchers found major fire models underestimate carbon released from deep peat soils in boreal forests. Field data from 324 Swedish wildfires showed belowground emissions were missed by up to 14 ...

Chris Brierley received support from the Met Office to a run the hackathon during which the initial idea for this research arose. Hannah Woodward does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...