- By Kelly Reed
About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that humans generate each year come from how we feed the world.
- By Nancy Fresco
The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska.
In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes how agriculture, deforestation, and other human activities have altered 70% of the land on Earth’s surface.
Most people want to be sustainable, but have a hard time taking the necessary actions.
The IPCC special report, Climate Change and Land, released last night, has found a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the “land”: largely farming, food production, land clearing and deforestation.
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Challenge prizes – which offer a cash incentive to those working to solve a particular problem – are becoming a force for change by allowing entrepreneurs and innovators, often overlooked by existing grant and procurement systems, to develop solutions to the world’s greatest problems.
Imagine “carbon emissions”, and what springs to mind? Most people tend to think of power stations belching out clouds of carbon dioxide or queues of vehicles burning up fossil fuels as they crawl, bumper-to-bumper, along congested urban roads.
The aloe plant’s ability to survive extended periods of drought could contribute to more resilient crops.
In their second round of debates, Democratic presidential candidates called for aggressive measures to slow climate change.
Wicked problems are issues so complex and dependent on so many factors that it is hard to grasp what exactly the problem is, or how to tackle it.
Restoring the world’s forests on an unprecedented scale is “the best climate change solution available”, according to a new study.
Shared dockless electric scooters, or e-scooters, transport riders over short distances in cities. Ride share companies promote them as an environmentally friendly choice that reduces dependence on cars.
- By Fred Love
Climate change is outpacing the ability of birds and other species to adapt to their changing environment, researchers report.
Governments at all levels invest a lot in greening Australian suburbs. Yet, in a recent report, we show that the greening efforts of most of our metropolitan local governments are actually going backwards.
Bringing nature back into our cities can deliver a truly impressive array of benefits, ranging from health and well-being to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
- By Tom Matthews
I am a scientist who researches climate hazards. I have published research on the potential for a catastrophic cyclone-heatwave combo in the global south.
- By Kasim Rafiq
Animal populations have declined on average by 60% since 1970, and it’s predicted that around a million species are at risk of extinction.
The blackcurrant harvest on my allotment is highly dependent on the weather. In 2018 the UK had a hot, dry summer and the currants were sweet and plentiful.
Our earth is very old. Based on the estimation of the oldest rock, it’s around 4.5 billion years of age. Scientists from all over the world use astronomy, geology, chemistry, biology, archaeology and other sciences to investigate the Earth’s formation as well as the emergence and extinction of life on Earth.
Management that takes evolution and adaptation into account can help rescue coral reefs from the effects of climate change, according to a new study.
- By Hugh Hunt
The Paris climate talks hoped to set out how we can reduce the amount of carbon we’re pumping into the atmosphere.
- By CBC News
Climate change has fundamentally changed the nature of the risk for homeowners and insurance companies alike.
Climate Change: Having The Right Combination Of Tree Personalities Could Make Forests More Resilient
- By Tom Ovenden
Every tree in a forest has a neighbour. In many forest neighbourhoods, the same species are often found living together, especially when the growing conditions are similar. Sometimes these neighbours are close and sometimes far apart, but collectively they form part of a community, with some species naturally being more dominant than others, especially in terms of biomass production.