Producing energy from harvested trees and other plants – bioenergy – might sound like a greener option, but it’s not a simple issue.
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Australia’s approach to estimating bushfire emissions is credible and sophisticated. But it must be refined as technology improves and the climate changes.
Climate modelling that best accounts for the processes that sustain plant life predicts plants could absorb up to 20% more CO₂ than the simplest version predicted.
Australia has a massive opportunity to reduce global emissions by as much as 9%, all while renewing its heavy industries and economy. But to seize the opportunity, government needs to move fast.
You might look at the task ahead of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels and despair. But we’ve changed energy sources many times before – and it’s never a straightforward process.
Most technologies for CO₂ removal are expensive. But New Zealand could be doing this cheaper than other countries, taking advantage of existing geothermal and forestry industries.
Mae gwyddoniaeth dinasyddion yn cynnig y posibilrwydd o wyddoniaeth i'r bobl, gan y bobl.
Citizen science offers the possibility of a science for the people, by the people. And it could be used to challenge the status quo.
A new survey has revealed an alarming deterioration in the health of the River Thames ecosystem – but some of the recorded changes may be the result of a cleaner river.
Togo can take bold actions to reduce climate change emissions and also improve the health of its citizens.
Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
Twenty-six fast-growing African cities may battle health challenges if air pollution is not addressed.
Technologies like biomass gasification can help tackle the growing global problem of food waste.
Removing carbon from the atmosphere is as much a social problem as a technical one.
Australia’s abundant wind and solar resources mean we’re well placed to produce the hydrogen a green steel industry needs. But there are technical and economic challenges ahead.
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
What is the best way to help families sustain transition to clean cooking methods? Research in Bangalore, India offers some answers.
We counted the number of standard trees in Australia. It turns out that since 1990, we’ve actually been gaining trees faster than losing them.
Ireland needs to stop burning peat, and wood from down under presents a surprising sustainability dilemma.
The smoke from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces contributes to air pollution and poor health.
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Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Research associate in environmental governance, Cardiff University
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Professor in science and technology studies, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in sociology, Cardiff University
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Researcher, Dipterocarps Research Centre at Indonesia's Forestry and Environment Ministry
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Research Economist, United States Forest Service
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Professor in Industrial Ecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Lecturer in Carbon Footprinting, Bangor University
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Research Associate, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York
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Senior Lecturer, Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Professor of Forestry, North Carolina State University
