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Robert McSweeney
Science Editor @rtmcswee

Robert McSweeney

Science Editor SINCE August 2014

Robert McSweeney is our science editor. He holds an MEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Warwick and an MSc in climate change from the University of East Anglia. He previously spent eight years working on climate change projects at the consultancy firm Atkins.

LATEST BY Robert McSweeney
Aeroplane and aircraft jet trails in the sky.

Guest post: Calculating the true climate impact of aviation emissions

Guest posts | 21.09.20
Natural gas is flared off as oil is pumped in the Bakken shale formation. Credit: Jim West / Alamy Stock Photo E1MT0N

Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions

GHGs and aerosols | 14.07.20
Sea wave in north part of Atlantic ocean during storm.

Scientists shed light on human causes of North Atlantic’s ‘cold blob’

Oceans | 29.06.20
Visualisation using NASA's MERRA dataset to model the jet stream over North America, between June and July, 1988. Credit: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo. T81PF2

Jet stream: Is climate change causing more ‘blocking’ weather events?

Extreme weather | 12.06.20

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

Attribution | 15.04.20
Woman Filling a Car with Unleaded Petrol, UK.

Budget 2020: Key climate and energy announcements

UK policy | 11.03.20
Gas flare stack burning at the Grangemouth oil refinery, Scotland Credit: Ian Rutherford / Alamy Stock Photo

Methane emissions from fossil fuels ‘severely underestimated’

GHGs and aerosols | 19.02.20

Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change

Tipping points | 10.02.20

Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2019

Features | 14.01.20
Collage of global media coverage of the Australian wildfires. Credit: Carbon Brief.

Media reaction: Australia’s bushfires and climate change

Media analysis | 07.01.20
Michał Kurtyka, COP 24 President, Poland, welcomes Carolina Schmidt, COP 25 President, Chile, to the podium to take over the presidency.

Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP25?

COP25 Madrid | 03.12.19
Coastal flooding into car park and walkway, Mudeford quay, Dorset, UK. Credit: Helen James / Alamy Stock Photo

Existing Paris climate pledges commit sea level rise to ‘one metre by 2300’

Sea level rise | 04.11.19
Midnight sun over the Arctic Ocean, Svalbard, Norway. Credit: Arterra Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo.

Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2019 is ‘joint-second lowest’ on record

Sea ice | 25.09.19
The coast of Jameson land on the edge of Scoresbysund, North East Greenland Credit: BIOSPHOTO / Alamy Stock Photo

In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere

IPCC | 25.09.19
A woman wears a protective mask in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Credit: Anan Kaewkhammul / Alamy Stock Photo. T19P7D

Cutting air pollution would not cause ‘near-term spike’ in global warming

GHGs and aerosols | 18.09.19
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