Jonathan Watts @jonathanwatts RSS feed About Jonathan Watts Jonathan Watts is the Guardian's global environment editor. 17 Articles How will Earth handle the global glacial meltdown? Mountain glacier melt contributes more than a quarter of extra volume to the world’s oceans, disrupting ancient cycles of creation. Race to a Safer World Five post-Trump obstacles standing in the way of a global green recovery U.S. president-elect Joe Biden’s win gives the globe a better chance of averting climate catastrophe, but major obstacles remain. Alarms sound as Arctic sea ice remains unfrozen at latest date on record Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say Race to a Safer World Microplastic pollution devastating soil species Researchers in China saw big reductions in organisms that play a crucial role in recycling carbon and nitrogen One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years: study Human cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals Race to a Safer World Delay is deadly: what Covid-19 tells us about tackling the climate crisis Rightwing governments have denied the problem and been slow to act. With coronavirus and the climate, this costs lives Coronavirus in Canada Fossil fuel companies have had even worse impact on climate change than you thought Study indicates human fossil methane emissions have been underestimated by up to 40% Race to a Safer World Oil firms to pour extra 7m barrels per day into markets, data shows Projected production surge in next 12 years to be led by Shell despite climate crisis. Race to a Safer World These 20 fossil fuel firms are responsible for a third of all carbon pollution New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers Race to a Safer World Amazon fires 'extraordinarily concerning': UN biodiversity chief Biodiversity chief calls for countries to unite to halt rapid degradation of nature Race to a Safer World 1 of 2
How will Earth handle the global glacial meltdown? Mountain glacier melt contributes more than a quarter of extra volume to the world’s oceans, disrupting ancient cycles of creation. Race to a Safer World
Five post-Trump obstacles standing in the way of a global green recovery U.S. president-elect Joe Biden’s win gives the globe a better chance of averting climate catastrophe, but major obstacles remain.
Alarms sound as Arctic sea ice remains unfrozen at latest date on record Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say Race to a Safer World
Microplastic pollution devastating soil species Researchers in China saw big reductions in organisms that play a crucial role in recycling carbon and nitrogen
One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years: study Human cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals Race to a Safer World
Delay is deadly: what Covid-19 tells us about tackling the climate crisis Rightwing governments have denied the problem and been slow to act. With coronavirus and the climate, this costs lives Coronavirus in Canada
Fossil fuel companies have had even worse impact on climate change than you thought Study indicates human fossil methane emissions have been underestimated by up to 40% Race to a Safer World
Oil firms to pour extra 7m barrels per day into markets, data shows Projected production surge in next 12 years to be led by Shell despite climate crisis. Race to a Safer World
These 20 fossil fuel firms are responsible for a third of all carbon pollution New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers Race to a Safer World
Amazon fires 'extraordinarily concerning': UN biodiversity chief Biodiversity chief calls for countries to unite to halt rapid degradation of nature Race to a Safer World
