Oxford School of Geography and the Environment

The not-so-great British bake off!

Ben Clarke, a current grad student in SoGE, explores how likely the recent heatwave would have been without climate change in The Conversation.

How likely would Britain's 40°C heatwave have been without climate change? Global heating may be making the weather systems behind heatwaves more common in Europe.

Congratulations Josh, Alexis and Marcus for being awarded runner-ups in the Vice Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Awards 2022. The awards celebrate
's environmental commitments and contribution from staff and .

A special congratulations to our Facilities Manager, Alex Black, for winning a special Environmental Sustainability staff award for his energy saving work. 👏👏👏

12-PAGE photo-interview: The Times Saturday Magazine with Dr Fredi Otto (TIME100 Most Influential People of 2021). [Plus embedded advert for Freddie's Flowers ...yep, there really is) [pay wall]

What’s the link between climate change and extreme weather? People on a night-time Mediterranean ferry, evacuated from an island in flames, bright red dancing against the black sky and reflected on the water. School gyms

Ash, crash, smash, slash, bash ...and then re-hash with a splash and a dash?

Ash – a Silent Extinction in the Woods | Wytham Woods What do you do when the nature that surrounds you is inevitably, and slowly, dying? If you’re a researcher at Wytham Woods, you respond with devastation and ...

Save Planet? Stick Label on it! CONGRATS to Dr Brenda Boardman MBE interviewed today on BBC's "my interdisciplinary" Life Scientific

The Life Scientific - Brenda Boardman on making our homes energy efficient. - BBC Sounds Can we achieve carbon net zero in our homes? Brenda Boardman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

SoGE Researcher makes TIME100 Most Influential people of 2021

Friederike Otto and Geert Jan van Oldenborgh: TIME 100 2021 Find out why Friederike Otto and Geert Jan van Oldenborgh are on this year’s list

Phew! SoGE hits the highs in The Age of Hot

Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C BBC research finds the number of days passing 50C has doubled in the past 40 years.

When you're the first word in Nature (yep, It's Fredi Otto again).

Climate science is supporting lawsuits that could help save the world Governments have failed to slow climate change quickly enough, so activists are using courts to compel countries and companies to act — increasingly with help from forefront science.

German floods get the climate attribution insight. Great collaboration between SoGE and Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center

Climate crisis made deadly German floods ‘up to nine times more likely’ Study reinforces the hard evidence that carbon emissions are the main cause of worsening extreme weather