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A plan for humanity’s surviving and thriving through our planetary crisis.
Visualising climate change data in accessible ways can help convince audiences from all backgrounds about the urgency of the climate crisis.
A study has looked at which mega events took the largest toll on the environment and local people.
The Caribbean has long been the gold standard for western tourism: but our image of the islands as paradises ripe for our enjoyment is harming their environment and people.
Climate disasters are drawing comparisons to apocalyptic films. Their happy endings may have given us a false sense of hope.
The audio version of an in-depth article on why there aren’t enough trees to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be.
We know how to flatten the curve of rising greenhouse gas emissions. Doing it is another matter.
We need specific action now to make net zero emissions by 2050 possible.
Death is a part of life: but environmentally harmful burial practices, overcrowded cemeteries and unaffordable funerals are denying many the right to a good death.
A particularly stormy winter has pushed perennial sea ice into the Arctic melt zone.
From the archive: using misinformation to fool predators into leaving bird nests alone. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The cost of decarbonising the UK’s energy system is falling disproportionately on the poorest.
Green jobs are the way to avoid a decade of decline for towns dependent on airport employment.
New research reveals an overlooked, but potentially significant, problem with agrochemicals and pollinators.
Making environmentally friendly choices is complex: here’s a guide to help you at home or out shopping.
Small cities in China show the way forward for electric vehicle travel.
A new study reveals how female climate scientists are perceived by their peers during media interviews.
We are at a tipping point between high-carbon transport and a new world of fewer cars and more walking and cycling.
Scientists tend to study heatwaves and floods as discrete events – but this overlooks the crucial connections between them.
Stone from one small island was used in Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, St Paul’s Cathedral and many other landmarks.
Heavy goods vehicles predominantly run on diesel. Here are three options for eliminating their emissions.
For one of Earth’s most biodiverse forests, 21,000 years of natural change pale in comparison to modern, man-made climate breakdown.
Offshore renewable energy installations could provide so much more than just clean electricity.
The water cycle is intensifying as the world warms, bringing heavier downpours and longer droughts.