Is engineering a way out of the flooding?
Posted on 26th February 2014
Houses should be redesigned, roads raised and tidal lagoons built that generate energy to reduce the impact of flooding in the UK, according to a panel of senior engineers and academics, reported in the Guardian.
Answer to flooding lies in the soil
Posted on 21st February 2014
Professor John Boardman writes a letter to the Guardian highlighting the unjoined up thinking in the regulation around soil runoff and erosion for farmers.
Water shortages could disrupt Britain’s electricity supply
Posted on 17th February 2014
The Guardian reports on a team of academics from Oxford and Newcastle who say nuclear and gas-fired power stations could be forced to shut down during future droughts.
Action needed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the Thames
Posted on 6th February 2014
In a podcast on the NERC Planet Earth website, Paul Whitehead from Oxford University and Mark Barnett from the Environment Agency comment on the pollution challenge of the river Thames. They explain why the river will fail to meet European Union standards unless action is taken by farmers to reduce fertiliser use and water companies cut the amount of phosphorus being discharged by sewage works.