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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…