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In May 2025 around 80 scientists gathered in Edinburgh for a Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting to consider how geophysical data can be better collected and used for predicting global sea level, through improved ice-sheet modelling.

Philosophical Transactions B recently published a theme issue on ‘Shifting seas: understanding deep-time human impacts on marine ecosystems’. In this blog, Guest Editor Dr Luke Holman (University of Copenhagen) tells us how this issue came about, and about some of the important research highlighted in this issue.

Dr. Camilla Soravia tells us about the research published in her new Proceedings B paper, a study which examined the effect of high temperatures on the cognitive abilities of the Southern pied babbler.

Guest Editor, Professor Meric Srokosz, introduces us to his Philosophical Transactions A theme issue which explores the future projections of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC).

Dr Anne Pisor, guest editor of the latest Philosophical Transactions B issue, tells us about the background and content of this new theme issue.

Professor Eric Wolff FRS discusses the ambitions of COP27, finding that climate pledges and mitigation strategies fall short of what is required to slow global temperature rises in line with the Paris agreement.

A new special collection of biographical memoirs looks back on the history of climate and sustainability science from the 1950s to present day.

For this year’s Open Access Week theme ‘Open for Climate Justice’, we wanted to shed light on the importance of data sharing for addressing one of the greatest challenges we face.

A data-driven transition to net zero, in which data and digital technologies are used both for monitoring and optimisation of carbon emissions, is an area of increasing attention on the global stage.

We introduce two new Philosophical Transactions theme issues which bring together some of the speakers and attendees from the 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference, hosted by the Royal Society and the African Academy of Sciences.

Sir Richard Catlow, former Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, the Royal Society, considers what G7 has meant for science.

Following on from his previous blog post - Bad COP, good COP? - Professor Eric Wolff reflects on the COP26 conference in Glasgow.