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Tag: Climate change

400PPM Carbon Dioxide and no turning back

Posted on 8th October 201626th October 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

As of this September, we will never see CO2 levels drop below 400 parts per million. In a world where many won’t believe, or simply choose to ignore, the existence of climate change; we have […]

The Future of the Summer Olympics: Too Hot to Handle

Posted on 24th September 201626th October 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

This summer, no matter where you went or what you found yourself doing, you’d have been hard pressed to miss the plethora of sporting prowess that we have been treated to. No more so than […]

The Green Age – where are we now and where are we going?

Posted on 5th September 201626th October 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Introduction Visit any major city and you will be greeted with people going about their daily lives and routines. They’ll be walking, running and using transport to take them to their destination, through a sea […]

Is Climate Change the Forgotten Factor in the Syrian War?

Posted on 27th February 20162nd September 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Climate change is one of the factors that is shaping this world and can still have many unrealised effects on the planet, resulting in more widespread impact in human lives than originally thought. The effect […]

What Does it Mean to be ‘Green’?

Posted on 4th December 201531st August 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Following the Climate Change march this weekend in Leeds town centre and this week’s COP21 talks in Paris of leaders from around the world about global warming, The Gryphon explores the issue of climate change, […]

COP21: The Climate Cards are dealt

Posted on 23rd October 20152nd September 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

This year, on the 30th November, around 40,000 participants from leading nations will meet in Paris – a city known best for its culture and beauty – to instead discuss a rather ugly subject; global […]

Indonesian Slash and Burn: Fanning the Fire of Climate Change

Posted on 23rd October 20152nd September 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Slash and burn – a process to clear the ground for agriculture – is a common practice, undertaken in many countries across the globe. However this year in South East Asia, particularly Indonesia, the use […]

Climate change consequences: the weird and the worrying

Posted on 20th November 201414th December 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Hotter summers, melting icecaps and more extreme weather are the symptoms of climate change that we are used to hearing about. However, there are a whole range of weird impacts that are likely to result […]

News | Uni invests thousands in oil shares

Posted on 1st March 201414th December 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

The University has invested a total of over £1 million into oil companies. The University’s current holdings in BP and Shell are £1.032m and £278,000 respectively. A University spokesperson said: “We have held shares in […]

Comment | COP-out for the Warsaw talks

Posted on 15th January 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

After the revelation that 90 companies have produced 63 per cent of the cumulative global emissions of industrial carbon dioxide and methane between 1751-2010, the role of corporations in the climate change debate was thrown […]

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