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3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic…
A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville,…
How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more…
In building cities, we have created some of the harshest habitats on Earth — and then chosen to…
Africa’s drylands are getting more support. How to make the most of…
The United Nations (UN) recently launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to prevent, halt and… -
The Unexpectedly Exciting World of Refrigerants
Guest blog written by Tilden Chao. Tilden is an undergraduate at Yale University who worked on…
Map tracks 30 years of extreme snowmelt across US
A new map of extreme snowmelt events over the last 30 years clarifies the processes that drive…
Earth’s frozen areas are shrinking 33K square miles a year
The Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 33,000 square miles (87,000 square kilometers) per year. -
Model predicts 10-year burst of wildfire, then gradual decline
A look at the long-term future of wildfires predicts an initial roughly decade-long burst of…
Once common weasels are doing a vanishing act
Three species of weasels, once common in North America, are likely in decline, including a species…
Flood risk will rise as climate heat intensifies
A warmer world will be a wetter one. Ever more people will face a higher flood risk as rivers rise… -
234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming…
This week, hundreds of scientists from around the world are finalizing a report that assesses the…
Climate explained: how the IPCC reaches scientific consensus on…
When we say there’s a scientific consensus that human-produced greenhouse gases are causing climate…
Court Takes Industry Bait, Caves to Fossil Fuels
In a disappointing decision, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western… -
China Can Meet Energy and Climate Goals Capping Coal Power
At the Leader’s Climate Summit in April, Xi Jinping pledged that China will “strictly control…
To sequester carbon, leave crop leftovers to rot?
Plant materials that lie to rot in soil makes good compost and play a key role in sequestering…
Nuclear legacy is a costly headache for the future
How do you safely store spent nuclear waste? No-one knows. It’ll be a costly headache for our…
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3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic…
A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville,…How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more…
In building cities, we have created some of the harshest habitats on Earth — and then chosen to…Africa’s drylands are getting more support. How to make the most of…
The United Nations (UN) recently launched the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to prevent, halt and… -
The Unexpectedly Exciting World of Refrigerants
Guest blog written by Tilden Chao. Tilden is an undergraduate at Yale University who worked on…Map tracks 30 years of extreme snowmelt across US
A new map of extreme snowmelt events over the last 30 years clarifies the processes that drive…Earth’s frozen areas are shrinking 33K square miles a year
The Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 33,000 square miles (87,000 square kilometers) per year. -
Model predicts 10-year burst of wildfire, then gradual decline
A look at the long-term future of wildfires predicts an initial roughly decade-long burst of…Once common weasels are doing a vanishing act
Three species of weasels, once common in North America, are likely in decline, including a species…Flood risk will rise as climate heat intensifies
A warmer world will be a wetter one. Ever more people will face a higher flood risk as rivers rise… -
234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming…
This week, hundreds of scientists from around the world are finalizing a report that assesses the…Climate explained: how the IPCC reaches scientific consensus on…
When we say there’s a scientific consensus that human-produced greenhouse gases are causing climate…Court Takes Industry Bait, Caves to Fossil Fuels
In a disappointing decision, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western… -
China Can Meet Energy and Climate Goals Capping Coal Power
At the Leader’s Climate Summit in April, Xi Jinping pledged that China will “strictly control…To sequester carbon, leave crop leftovers to rot?
Plant materials that lie to rot in soil makes good compost and play a key role in sequestering…Nuclear legacy is a costly headache for the future
How do you safely store spent nuclear waste? No-one knows. It’ll be a costly headache for our…
ADAPTATION
Nature Left Alone Offers More Than If We Exploit It
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Save nature, save money. It’s a simple argument. Wilderness cleared and ploughed offers us less…
Why The African Monetary Fund Is A Good Idea And What Can Be Done To Get…
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African Union (AU) leaders gathered in Niger on 7 July for an Extraordinary Summit to discuss the…
Deeper Wells Won’t Solve America’s Groundwater Problem
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People are drilling deeper wells to find water, according to the first comprehensive account of…
Climate Change Threatens Coffee – But We’ve Found A Delicious Wild Species…
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The world loves coffee. More precisely, it loves arabica coffee. From the smell of its freshly…
IMPACT
How Greenland's Massive Ice Melt Will Totally Transform The World
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Remember that heatwave back in August? Well, the Arctic remembers it too. Record rates of ice melt…
U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees 'Virtual Water' Drain Abroad
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Driving into southern California’s Palo Verde Valley from the Arizona border, fields of vibrant…
Will Climate Change Cause Humans To Go Extinct?
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The claim that humanity only has just over a decade left due to climate change is based on a…
The Five Corrupt Pillars Of Climate Change Denial
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The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls and individuals have spent the past 30…
POLITICS
In Pictures and Video: What 'Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary…
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"We're here to reclaim our right to live, our right to breathe, our right to exist."
What The Canada Supreme Court Ruling On National Carbon Pricing Means For…
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Less than a week after Conservative Party members defeated a motion to acknowledge the reality of…
Russia Moves To Exploit Arctic Riches
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As the polar sea ice vanishes faster, Russia unveils plans to exploit Arctic riches: fossil fuel…
What Are The Politics Of Climate Change?
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Environmental plans from the various presidential candidates are addressing the specific areas of…
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Would A Carbon Tax On Imports Be The Climate Solution…
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The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to…
Why Companies Should Let Their Workers Join The Climate…
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Multinational ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s will close its…
Just How Hot Will It Get This Century? What The Latest…
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Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s…
Rising Sea Levels Are Coming For The Internet
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Rising seas threaten more than 4,000 miles of buried fiber optic…
It's Official: The Last Five Years Were The Warmest Ever…
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The World Meteorological Organisation today published a definitive…
As Farmland and Villages Are Abandoned, Forests, Wolves and…
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Rewilding is often thought of as a fantastical vision of the future.…
The Pros And Mostly Cons Of CO2 Emissions
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What, quantitatively, is the social cost of carbon dioxide—the…
Small Nuclear Power Plants No Use In Climate Crisis
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Governments are investing in a new range of small nuclear power…
EVIDENCE
Thawing Permafrost Is Triggering Thousands Of Landslides Across The Arctic
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Early spring temperatures in the town of Deadhorse, on the north coast of Alaska, average -17°C.…
Microplastics May Affect How Arctic Sea Ice Forms And Melts
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Plastic pollution in the oceans has become an important societal problem, as plastics are the most…
3 Things I Have Learned About Climate Change During Covid
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The planet had already warmed by around 1.2℃ since pre-industrial times when the World Health…
What The World Was Like The Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were At 400ppm
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The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400 parts per million…
WEATHER
Three weeks without electricity? That's the reality facing thousands of…
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Last week’s storm system wreaked havoc across Victoria. Some 220,000 households and businesses lost…
How Rain On Other Side Of The Planet Foreshadows California Heat
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When heavy rain falls over the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is…
Days Before Hurricane Expected to Hit New Orleans, City Endures 10 Inches…
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Overlapping extreme-weather events aren't just a New Orleans problem.
Climate vs Weather
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It's freezing outside, so all that talk about global warming is just a bunch of hooey...right? Find…
SOLUTIONS
Transport Emissions Have Doubled In 40 Years – Expand Railways To Get Them…
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In the quest to cut carbon out of civilisation, the future of transport is key. Emissions from the…
Bacteria that eat electricity can lock away CO2
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Bacteria found in brackish sediments can “eat” electricity and, in the process, absorb and lock…
Save the Planet By Unleashing Our Dreams
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We need green visions for less carbon and poverty---but also for more fun and joy. At a time when…
Soil Carbon Is A Valuable Resource, But All Soil Carbon Is Not Created…
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Human society is literally built on soil. It feeds the world and produces vital fuel and fiber. But…