A common demand in discussions about climate change is to respect the science. This is appropriate. We should all be paying close attention to the urgent and terrifying conclusions being published by climate scientists.
As the brutal reality of climate change dawned this summer, you may have asked yourself a hard question: am I well-prepared to live in a warmer world?
If you’re a traveller who cares about reducing your carbon footprint, are some airlines better to fly with than others?
Successful implementation of the Paris agreement targets could help reduce extinctions considerably, possibly to 16% or less by 2070, according to lead author Cristian Román-Palacios.
The relationship between atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change is often perceived as a controversial subject.
Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C requires a worldwide transformation to carbon-neutral societies within the next 30 years.
To get people to stop and pay attention, successful advertising delivers information simply and with an emotional hook so that consumers notice and, hopefully, make a purchase.
- By Arne Mooers
Evidence suggests the number of species going extinct, and the rate at which they disappear, is increasing dramatically.
- By Daisy Dunne
The world’s largest polar research expedition is currently underway in the Arctic. The year-long expedition, known as the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC), involves 300 researchers from 19 countries.
Australia’s recent bushfire crisis will be remembered for many things – not least, the tragic loss of life, property and landscape.
When we talk about innovations to deal with the climate crisis, we tend to think of new technologies developed by physical scientists.
The Bank for International Settlements – the “central bank” for central banks – made headlines with a report outlining how the next major financial crisis may come from unexpected climate risks.
Experienced anglers recognize that for a trout, the ultimate “steak dinner” is a stonefly or mayfly.
This erasure of one government’s climate project by its successor was only the tip of the melting iceberg.
It’s far easier to avoid burning fossil fuels than it is to clean up CO? emissions once they’re in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Can the future be predicted? Most certainly. Can anyone or anything predict the future with any certainty?
- By Tim Birkhead
Between the summer of 2015 and the spring of 2016, a marine heatwave swept the northern Pacific Ocean that was hotter and lasted longer than any since records began in 1870.
Noisy reefs are a very good thing. So good, in fact, that we might be able to use the sound of healthy coral reefs to improve the quickly increasing number of degraded ones.
For over a quarter of a century, United Nations climate negotiations have failed to reach a legally binding treaty.
This analysis shows that we're heading in the wrong direction and really need to slow emissions growth from the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries.
- By Dale Nimmo
Have you ever wondered how our native wildlife manage to stay alive when an inferno is ripping through their homes, and afterwards when there is little to eat and nowhere to hide?
Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York and Sadiq Khan of London on Tuesday urged every major city in the world to divest from the fossil fuel industries that are wrecking the planet.
How does your food shop affect the planet? Well, think of it like this