Why have we seen so many extreme floods in recent years? Climate change is supercharging thunderstorms, adding moisture and heat.
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Organisms that produce synthetic fuel and suck carbon out of the air are just some of the possibilities of ‘engineering biology’ – if policymakers can shepherd the industry towards success.
Humans and animals can hide from extreme heat. But plants have no escape. To protect our crops from the heat to come will likely mean modifying them.
Your home was designed for another era, here’s what’s needed now.
The new strategy sees gas as crucial to the new Future Made in Australia policy, which includes support for manufacturing and refining critical minerals.
Building ecological grief literacy in workplaces can help environmental professionals manage constant exposure to the many causes of their grieving.
US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create true sponge cities that are built to soak up water.
The climate ‘flickered’ between wet and dry, before finally drying out for good.
Too much pavement and old drainage systems are just two of the problems communities face.
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s colossal Line project from a 170 km long linear city to only 2.4 km is a clear warning to the viability of other urban mega-projects in a warming world.
Negotiations for a global plastic pollution treaty have hit on production limits for the first time.
How long will it take for electric vehicles to cut emissions and improve air in our cities? Longer than we think – because petrol and diesel make up almost all of the fleet.
Events that the media describe as ‘apocalyptic’ reflect changing anxieties about the future.
The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.
Global climates are changing and the world is rapidly warming. Canada’s labour laws must keep pace with the rate of change to protect workers.
These are some of the most complex and important pieces of software ever written.
These electric aircraft take off and land vertically so they don’t need runways. And they promise a quieter, more accessible and less polluting form of short-distance air travel than helicopters.
Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.
Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
The fossil record suggests Australia may be much wetter, and look far different, in centuries and millenia to come.
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