Hurricane Ida left the entire city of New Orleans in the dark and renewed discussion of burying power lines. But there’s no way to completely protect the grid, above ground or below.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and a growing global refugee crisis have shone a light on the ever-increasing need for new approaches to mental health treatment.
From its inadequate safety provisions to vague wording around Native Title rights and interests, the bill leaves us wanting.
Images of water gushing into subway stations filled social media following heavy rain in New York City. Solutions are at hand – but it takes money and political will, an expert explains.
Evidence is mounting that, as the climate warms, the amount of rain falling in heavy storms is increasing, especially in the central and eastern US.
Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Category 4 storm Hurricane Ida reached Louisiana. Planning for future hurricanes must include the need to build resiliency to climate change.
The research, focused on the Jordan Springs estate in Western Sydney, found houses were built close together and made from materials which exacerbate hot weather.
Counter to what you might expect, events like the February cold wave that froze Texas can actually become more likely with global warming.
This is the first time researchers have calculated the amount of carbon released from the world’s decaying wood. They found insects play an enormous role.
Every five years nations must evaluate their progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. But this “stocktake” lacks detail making it difficult to measure progress on climate action.
A new type of petrol is expected to cut carbon dioxide
With a massive territory to manage, all actions taken - to prevent, to detect and to fire fight - aren’t enough.
Every increase in one degree of global warming will increase losses of crops to insects from 10% to 25%.
The New Orleans region is likely to see a hurricane about every seven years and a major hurricane about every 20.
In a region threatened by coastal erosion, a group of school students learned how they could explore change using visual stories and poems.
They argued the NSW Environment Protection Authority should take action on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. In an Aussie first, the court agreed.
Major coal generators say the proposal will help shore up energy supplies. But opponents say it will pay coal plants for simply existing and delay the clean energy transition.
Understanding the moral dimensions of climate decisions could help promote fairer and more effective climate action
Sudbury was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities. But it transformed itself with the help of the mining industry.
A new attribution study finds human-caused climate change made Europe’s July floods more likely. What about Tennessee’s flooding? An atmospheric scientist explains how scientists make the connection.
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