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Volcanoes: is an environmental crisis on its way?
Friday, 8th January 2010 - 09:43

In this video, the Open University's researcher in volcanoes Hazel Rymer explains why the Poás volcano in Costa Rica is her favourite, and how evidence from previous experiments there has led her to believe there may be an environmental crisis - similar to one in the 1990s - on it's way. Hazel has a new method for detecting changes in the areas around volcanoes which might aid early prediction of activity
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If climate change is such a worry, why do governments bend rules?
Wednesday, 16th December 2009 - 11:49

If Climate Change is such a huge concern as we are told on governmental adverts, why are governments across Europe changing and bending their own rules – e.g. Manchester Airport’s new terminal to be built on Green Belt.
 
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Why aren’t governments providing more substantial funding and investment...?
Wednesday, 16th December 2009 - 10:11

Why aren’t governments providing more substantial funding and investment for small-scale energy-generating projects to secure clean, sustainable energy supplies and provide jobs in a greener economy?
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Is Copenhagen the right place for a summit on climate change?
Friday, 11th December 2009 - 14:19

Is Copenhagen the right place for a summit on climate change? The Open University's Stephen Peake and Joe Smith answer via AudioBoo...
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Should we not stop wasting the planet?
Friday, 11th December 2009 - 10:48

We are trashing our planet to produce gimmicky goods that we buy, grow bored with and dump in landfill. Rainforests are turned into rubbish. Should the argument stop at climate change? Should we not stop wasting the planet?
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Is the climate change debate a scam?
Wednesday, 9th December 2009 - 12:37

Have the scientists who, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, have been engaged in “a concerted and co-ordinated effort… to fit the data to their conclusions while attempting to silence and discredit their critics” shown the debate to be a scam? Dr Mark Brandon, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at the OU, answers the question...
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How do we know climate change is real, not just a weather cycle?
Wednesday, 9th December 2009 - 10:31

Platform users were asked to submit their own questions around climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. And here's Professor Robert Spicer's answer to the most popular question: how do we know that climate change is real and we’re not just experiencing a weather cycle?
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2 weeks till COP15 - Catastrophes and global governance
Monday, 23rd November 2009 - 11:14

Climate change ambassador and OU honorary graduate Sir Crispin Tickell explores catastrophes and global governance.
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3 weeks till COP15 - Invitation to Creative Climate 18th November 2009
Monday, 16th November 2009 - 10:04

The Open University's Creative Climate project aims to capture the human story of environmental change across a key decade in human history - and you're invited to contribute.
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5 weeks till COP15 - ecotourism
Monday, 2nd November 2009 - 10:49

Khisnasamy Parapen gained a Bsc (Hons) International Studies from The Open University and is co-manager of Ayni Peru Tours, a travel agency that offers packages for eco travellers.
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