George Madani
The tiny golden-tipped bat roosts in the nests of rainforest birds. But high intensity extreme fires can increasingly reach into their unburnt sanctuaries.
The Yangtze river bed in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, eastern China on August 23 2022.
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The world’s great rivers are see-sawing from trickles to floods.
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Like Australia, Chile is facing mounting environmental pressures, such as an escalating water crisis. If the constitution is approved in September it’ll deliver profound changes to the country.
A turbulent melt-river pours a million tons of water a day into a moulin, where it flows down through the ice to ultimately reach the ocean.
Ted Giffords
A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.
Bad air pollution and extreme heat each raise health risks, but they’re worse combined.
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The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change. Wildfire smoke adds to the risk.
Sam Vincent on the farm.
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Sam Vincent’s new book is a comic portrait of a farming apprenticeship, an interrogation of industrial agriculture and an example of how farmers are connecting with the land’s traditional owners.
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The photographs show how climate change is disrupting our marine ecosystems – sometimes in ways previously unknown to marine scientists.
There have been reports of extensive blooms of blue-green algae on Lake Windermere this summer.
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Windermere has seen extensive algal blooms, attracting attention over its ecological consequences. But this is nothing new.
Joelle Gergis pictured in 2020 following the Black Summer bushfires.
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The science tells us this is our last chance to avert planetary disaster. Accepting our feelings of intense loss – for ourselves and the Earth – can propel us into action, writes Joelle Gergis.
Habitat degradation, insufficient food and water and climate change have led to a decline in the number of North American monarch butterflies, which is now on the IUCN’s Red List.
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The struggles of monarch butterflies reflect a shared North American ecological and social problem.
The Canadian government has proposed a plan to cut emissions from fertilizers by 30 per cent from 2020 levels by 2030.
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The emission reduction targets outlined for Canadian fertilizer use will not lead to food shortages and food insecurity.
Parts of China suffered through a monthslong heat wave in summer 2022.
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The tropics are projected to face almost daily dangerous heat by 2100. And “extremely dangerous” heat that’s almost unheard of today will occur more often in several regions.
Flash flooding made a mess in Dallas in August 2022.
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Flood risks are rising as the climate warms. The risks are complex, as a levee or new roadway in one place can worsen flooding somewhere else.
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Opening up new fossil fuel exploration will damage our longer-term security and undermine our climate imperatives. It is dangerous for the planet.
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Hot rooftops and a looming skills shortage – these are just a few challenges faced by crucial yet undervalued air-conditioning repair people.
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Plankton, some of the smallest organisms on Earth, are leading big changes in the ocean.
The Supreme Court limited the EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions.
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There’s some confusion around what the new climate law allows the Environmental Protection Agency to do. A law professor explains what’s changing.
Fleeing to safety after a cyclone hits Bangladesh.
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When climate change is used to explain migration, social inequality is naturalised.
Young African children are at particular risk of heat stress impacts.
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Newborn babies are particularly vulnerable to hot conditions. They have a limited ability to control their body temperature.
The Indian government is encouraging the use of electric vehicles, particularly scooters.
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India’s international climate pledge could set the tone for other emerging economies for a decade.