Commissioning Editor
Jack joined The Conversation in 2018 after internships at Mongabay and The Press Association. He has a research background in marine biology and began his media career at university, where he reported on a fossil fuel divestment campaign for his campus paper. Jack covers energy and environment and is interested in climate change, biodiversity and political ecology. He is based in Newcastle.
The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai
Apr 25, 2024 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A reckless experiment in Earths atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood. That was the story last week when more than a years worth of rain fell in a day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of the worlds driest regions....
Climate change is warping the seasons
Mar 07, 2024 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The seasons arent what they used to be. People who live in Earths middle latitudes are accustomed to a spring, summer, autumn and winter. If youre in the northern hemisphere, you may have noticed plants flowering...
Net zero goal still alive, says IEA – but the world still faces major obstacles to reach it
Sep 29, 2023 09:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
This roundup of stories is adapted from our weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine, written by environment editor Jack Marley. Click here to subscribe. Globally, the rate at which people are installing solar panels...
Will war in Ukraine hasten the end of fossil fuels?
Mar 27, 2022 14:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Four weeks have passed since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. To impede the onslaught of Vladimir Putins war machine, countries in the EU and elsewhere have announced measures to cut imports of fuel and energy from Russia,...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India