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While some invasive animals have breached Antarctica, the continent is still pristine. Our challenge is keeping it that way.
Holding contrarian views - despite a lack of personal expertise - is just part of being human. Here’s the psychology behind what we choose to believe.
Listen to the fifth and final episode of a series from The Anthill Podcast, reporting from what happened at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
After Fidel Castro took power, government plans to build new housing, schools and factories were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative solutions.
Compound climate disasters are likely to become more common as the Earth warms.
The financial outcome of COP26 is a glass half full, but it’s not far from a failure.
For over a decade, the inclusion of oceans in climate talks has been piecemeal and inconsistent. And yet, the ocean is critical to help balance the conditions we need to survive.
The recent climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, shows that climate change deniers have shifted their tactics to thwart the efforts of countries to phase out fossil fuel use.
We need to rapidly reduce global emissions before 2030. Developing hydrogen for low-emissions road transport won’t happen fast enough.
Research on the front lines of climate change highlights the need to address the mental health outcomes of extreme weather events.
Experts from around the world react to the COP26 Glasgow climate summit. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Efforts to preserve biodiversity and slow climate change make natural bedfellows.
An atmospheric river is a band of warm, moisture-laden air many hundreds of kilometres long and hundreds of kilometres wide. It can dump prodigious amounts of rain over a large area.
Aluminium is hugely useful, but energy-intensive to produce. What if we didn’t have to smelt any more?
Western democracies need to create a financing program to support the energy transition in the Indo-Pacific — and to achieve both regional security and climate goals.
COP26 resulted in new climate commitments from countries across the world - here’s what they could mean for our future.
The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.
The focus on building democracy should be on more intermediary outcomes, which can serve as building blocks for longer term democratic renewal.
Rich countries like the UK have almost left coal power behind, but it’s not as easy for developing countries.
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