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Putting affected people and communities at the centre of difficult relocation decisions must be a priority under laws that replace the old Resource Management Act.
Regulations have an accountability problem.
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An economist and an environmental law expert explain why a tax is more palatable to the industry and better for the public than regulation.
The polar night can last for weeks and even months in the high Arctic.
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A transcript of episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on the Arctic Ocean and new archaeological finds in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge.
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By continuing to privilege economic growth over environmental and social sustainability, we are taking huge risks with our future.
Houses as power stations.
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New social housing can provide a safe, secure and climate resilient home for tenants.
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Excavator, farmer, matchmaker: echidnas provide a host of benefits to nature. So let’s harness the potential.
As climate change brings longer and drier summers, Canadians will face greater risks of more serious wildfires, like those that tore through neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, Alta., in May 2016.
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Governments must expand the number of people who see themselves as “winners” in the transition to a low-carbon society.
A healthy seagrass meadow outside of Porthdinllaen harbour, North Wales.
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Seagrass meadows are a powerful ally in the effort to slow climate change and reverse wildlife losses.
A late snowfall could set back the growth of this budding lilac.
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Trees and shrubs in cold-weather climates rely on certain signals, such as temperature and light, to know when to leaf out and bloom. Climate change is scrambling those signals.
The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than any other place on Earth.
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Plus, new discoveries about early humans in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. Listen to episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Stream temperature affects the survival of fish like salmon and trout.
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Groundwater was once thought to buffer streams from warming, but an inexpensive new technique shows streams fed by shallow groundwater may be just as susceptible as those without.
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Experts reviewed the literature on climate change and gender in developing countries, and found many unhelpful, outdated assumptions are still kicking around.
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March 3, 2021
Pep Canadell , CSIRO ; Corinne Le Quéré , University of East Anglia ; Glen Peters , Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo ; Matthew William Jones , University of East Anglia ; Pierre Friedlingstein , University of Exeter ; Robbie Andrew , Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo ; Rob Jackson , Stanford University , and Steve Davis , University of California, Irvine
The global pandemic caused an unprecedented drop in global emissions. But this is likely to rebound as economies start to recover.
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New research challenges the idea that Laki caused years of extreme weather in Scotland and has implications for how we deal with sudden, forced climate change today.
Shorebirds gather by the thousands at important feeding and resting areas, but how individual birds move among sites remains a mystery.
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In northwest Mexico, biologists are building a network of radio towers to track how individual migratory birds move among important wetland areas.
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Tackling climate change involves changes in behaviour that would significantly improve people’s general health — and save money.
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Retreat, re-liberalisation, or business as usual.
Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2021.
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There will be more weather-driven disasters like February’s deep freeze in Texas, and energy planners aren’t prepared.
A sea cucumber living on the Great Barrier Reef inter-reef seafloor.
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We are only just beginning to understand the importance of this deep and hidden area of the inter-reef that supports a rich diversity of marine life.
The use of coal for electric power has been declining fast in the U.S.
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Contrary to popular belief, falling natural gas prices didn’t significantly accelerate coal power plant retirements. Here’s what did.