Alyssa Gilbert and Ajay Gambhir are two experts from Imperial's Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Envrionment who were in Paris observing the talks. Here they give their reaction and thoughts going forward.

Environment

Paris COP 21: reaction and analysis

What is our current understanding of greenhouse gas emissions released during the production of natural gas? How can we reduce these emissions? Dr Paul Balcombe discusses the context for the Sustainable Gas Institute's first White Paper.

Greenhouse gas emissions from the natural gas supply chain

Professor E.J. Milner-Gulland on the mysterious death of about half the world’s population of saiga antelopes in two weeks. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 24 June 2015)

Saiga die-off

As Imperial’s environmental citizen science project rolls out across the UK, David Slawson tells us what we’ve learnt so far. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 3 June 2015)

Opal expands

Professor Martin Siegert talks about the recent findings from his survey of Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, and working as a scientific explorer. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 25 March 2014)

Ocean water melting Antarctic ice sheet

Dr Knight explains why focusing on animals is simply not enough to save endangered species and how conservation initiatives working with farmers directly are helping to improve conservation planning in South Africa.

Conserving the countryside in Western South Africa

In this interview Juliet Wright, who is currently studying towards a PhD, explains why it is so important to get people involved in citizen science, and how Instant Wild can help people to connect with the natural world.

Instant Wild - Monitoring species from your laptop or smartphone

In this audio interview PhD student Sam Lloyd explains what makes a species invasive and tells us how Silwood Park’s crayfish have come to dominate the pond.

Fishing for crayfish in Imperial’s Silwood Park pond

In this audio interview, Gail Wilson speaks to E.J Milner-Gulland, Professor in Conservation Science at Imperial College London, and Cecilia Larrosa about what high-yielding oil palm production could mean for global forest conservation.

Increasing oil palm yields may not help to conserve tropical forests

A panel debate on UK shale gas and fracking, with Francis Egan (Cuadrilla), Jane Burston (NPL), Geoff Maitland (Imperial) and Nick Riley (Carboniferous)

The Future of Shale Gas in the UK - panel discussion

Professor Julie McCann takes her inspiration from nature for writing algorithms that allow distributed wireless networks to become self-organising, adaptive and intelligent.

Julie McCann: Smart dust

Dr. Finn Giuliani explores how new understanding of material properties at a tiny scale could lead to a radical transformation in the way we make use of their mechanical properties for architecture, aviation and other industries.

Finn Giuliani: Engineering on the micro scale

Professor E J Milner-Gulland discusses her research on the impact of human activity and political change on the saiga antelope population

Conservation in a changing world

Researchers at Imperial College London found that aircraft noise is linked to higher risks of stroke, heart and circulatory disease.

Aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease near Heathrow airport

Professor Joanna Haigh, Head of the Department of Physics, discusses the effect of the variations of solar forces on the earth's climate at Imperial Festival, 2013.

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