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Deep sea reefs are spectacular and barely-explored – they must be conserved

Paris Stefanoudis, University of Oxford Sunlit coral reefs are perhaps the most famous marine habitat and many people will have snorkelled over or dived down to one at some point. Home to a quarter of all known ocean life, these “rainforests of…

January 31, 2023
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How California’s ambitious new climate plan could help speed energy transformation around the world

Daniel Sperling, University of California, Davis California is embarking on an audacious new climate plan that aims to eliminate the state’s greenhouse gas footprint by 2045, and in the process, slash emissions far beyond its borders. The blueprint calls for…

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As US-EU trade tensions rise, conflicting carbon tariffs could undermine climate efforts

Noah Kaufman, Columbia University; Chris Bataille, Columbia University; Gautam Jain, Columbia University,…

Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows

Jyoti Mishra, University of California, San Diego The Research Brief is a…

Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement

Henrik Svedäng, Stockholm University To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in…

December 21, 2022

Why fusion ignition is being hailed as a major breakthrough in fusion – a nuclear physicist explains

Carolyn Kuranz, University of Michigan American scientists have announced what they have called a major breakthrough in a long-elusive goal of creating energy from nuclear fusion. The U.S. Department of Energy said…

December 15, 2022

What’s really driving ‘climate gentrification’ in Miami? It isn’t fear of sea-level rise

Richard Grant, University of Miami and Han Li, University of Miami Miami’s Little Haiti has been an immigrant community for decades. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that…

December 11, 2022

Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s volcanoes are different from most

Gabi Laske, University of California, San Diego Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in…

November 30, 2022

COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the climate crisis

Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss and damage” they suffer as a result of climate…

November 21, 2022

3 things a climate scientist wants world leaders to know ahead of COP27

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne World leaders and climate experts are gathering for pivotal United Nations climate change talks in Egypt. Known as COP27, the conference will aim to put Earth…

November 15, 2022

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

Mathieu Blondeel, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. Despite being the primary culprits of global heating,…

November 7, 2022

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet

Neil Entwistle, University of Salford Finally, after what was arguably the worst summer on record for glaciers, snow has begun to fall in the European Alps. It is much needed. Over the…

October 23, 2022

Getting to ‘net-zero’ emissions: How energy leaders envision countering climate change in the future

Seth Blumsack, Penn State and Lara B. Fowler, Penn State With the federal government promising over US$360 billion in clean energy incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, energy companies are already lining…

October 17, 2022

Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up the pressure

Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms also threaten many…

October 13, 2022
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