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From pioneering green energy grids to mountains of fake snow.
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There are myriad benefits to recycling human waste but our reluctance seems to be based on distaste.
Europe relies on Russia for about 40% of its natural gas.
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It’s hard to play cricket in sweltering conditions or amid bushfire smoke. Is it time for Cricket Australia to cut ties with fossil fuel sponsors?
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Spoiler: lots more floods.
According to an IPCC analysis, planting trees can help keep global warming below 1.5 C.
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A tax credit for companies that invest in carbon capture technology would divert financing away from cheaper and safer climate solutions.
The meat industry is a contributor to the climate crisis.
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Learning from Indigenous cultures to treat animals as more than just food sources could help us combat the climate crisis.
Extreme flooding in Germany caused roads and railways to be cut off.
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Sci-fi classic The Sheep Look Up has lessons for today on environmental change, says an expert.
Cryptocurrency’s environmental impact is raising concerns.
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Blockchain technology can be made greener if we change the way transactions happen.
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Australia is one of the world’s top exporters of grain. Producing it at lower emissions is crucial for global climate action.
Homes overlook a forest in the wildland-urban interface in Arizona.
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A new study maps vegetation’s fire risk across the West and shows where population in the highest-risk areas from California to Texas is booming.
Mountain glaciers are under threat from global warming.
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Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.
Southern Africa’s summer rainfall regions currently experiencing the wet-season will likely continue having wetter than normal conditions.
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Southern Africa’s current above-average rainfall is a climate variability signal - a short-term fluctuation in average wet-season conditions.
Geoengineering aims to intervene in Earth’s climate to fight global warming.
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The risks of using aerosols to reflect sunlight and cool the planet include creating extreme weather and worsening catastrophes.
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Climate change is throwing plants and pollinators out of sync.
The alpine skiing course at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 2, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. All the snow at this year’s Olympic venues is machine-made.
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An analysis of 21 former Winter Olympic venues found that only one of them would be suitable and offer safe racing conditions for athletes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
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Some trees explode into bits when lightning strikes. Some seem fine and die later. But others are unaffected.
Transplanting lettuce seedlings from greenhouses to fields in mid-May at VanderWeele Farm in Palmer, Alaska.
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Homegrown tomatoes and corn in Alaska? Climate change could make it possible in the 2030s and ‘40s – a rare silver lining for this fast-warming state.
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The proposal is likely to mean economic and diplomatic costs for Australia, and should ring alarm bells in Canberra.
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Any climate gains from Japan’s shift will be wiped out entirely unless Australia moves to zero-emissions ammonia production.