New science briefing paper: Focus effort on decarbonisation not depletion

RESERVE JUDGEMENT: FOCUS EFFORT ON DECARBONISATION NOT DEPLETION




New tsunami risk identified in Indonesia

Scientists have identified a potential new tsunami risk in Indonesia by mapping below the seabed of the Makassar Strait.




Climate change and urbanisation set to threaten quality of drinking water

More than half of the world’s population faces a looming threat to the quality and availability of their drinking water because climate change and urbanisation are expected to cause an increase in groundwater organic carbon, a new study has found.




Scientists report drop in Earth’s movement amid coronavirus lockdown

Seismologists across Europe have been looking at the effects of the Coronavirus lockdown on seismic activity after a study in Brussels reported a drop in ambient seismic noise.




Latest figures show mineral production driven by demand for electric vehicles

Global production of lithium has seen a sharp increase of 235 per cent in five years, according to the latest figures now published in World Mineral Production 2014-2018 (WMP), by the British Geological Survey (BGS).