I got in touch with the foldscope team last year, to develop some workshops within the program I was implementing for work. “Innovation with purpose”.
The program consists on implementing an innova...
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I am a 67-year-old farmer, volunteer fire fighter
and environmental activist. I have lived and farmed on my families properties
adjoining the tingle forest of south-west Western Australia (WA) for ...
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This paper concerns both
archaeology and modernity; but primarily it concerns modernity. A simple
interpretation is made of the symbolic significance of a particular
Palaeolithic female figure. And...
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Effects of climate change mean unexpected new winners, and losers, in finance.
In a shocking twist that is baffling scientists, the cat is not only getting the mice, but the catfish is too. Whilst...
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When it comes to weather affecting consumer behaviour and purchase decisions, it has long been known that weather has an impact on consumer demand. The food we eat, clothes we wear, and how, where ...
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When the business objective is entice retailers to pre-order a winter product despite promises of a warm winter, how do you overcome their reluctance due to risks associated with uncertain sales? A...
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Historically, companies lost money as a result of the weather, sometimes a significant percentage of their profit margins, and it was generally accepted that there was little to nothing they could ...
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Depuis plus de dix ans, je rencontre des entreprises à qui la météo a fait perdre de l’argent, parfois beaucoup. Mais en deux ans, la philosophie changé : 2015 et le début 2016 ont vu une augmentat...
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A new white paper has been released today by the researchers of Meteo Protect exploring the impact of changes in weather to find the maximum potential loss caused by adverse weather for any busines...
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It is a perilous time to be a farmer. Across the world, 2015 broke records for unseasonal, unprecedented, and unexpected weather. The combination of El Niño and climate change produced conditions...
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As 2015 wound to a close, it was assigned to the record books as the world’s warmest year. Of course, global warming is widely considered to be at play, but meteorologists are particularly interest...
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It’s being called the “great flood of 2015”, as Britain has been pummelled by seven storms this winter, including Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva and Frank. Further, emergency services and v...
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