A combination of factors – pollution, disease and overfishing – is harming corals but scientists have found clues to effective treatment by studying corals’ microbiome.
There are indications that climate change in Malawi will make the country poorer and its people more static.
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How did survivors of the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction adapt to their new, harsh environment? And why is that knowledge so important for modern species?
A singular focus on divestment from oil and gas companies to counter climate change could be detrimental.
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The broad principle of companies, government bodies and universities divesting from oil, gas and coal companies is sound. But its application needs more sophistication.
Both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are complex, enigmatic figures.
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A party can have the most brilliantly informed and farsighted policies. But if the protagonists cannot communicate these effectively to the electorate, they will be overlooked.
Fire significantly added to our ability to change the world.
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Climate change stands to hit Africa the hardest. That’s why green industrialisation is critical to help keep the continent’s greenhouse gas emissions low.
Has Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth had much lasting impact in the ten years since it was released?
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Ten years have passed since Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit the US box office. Has the film been successful in increasing awareness and action on climate change?
Who took the points in the first leaders’ debate of the 2016 campaign?
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A review of more than 40 years of wildfire activity in the western U.S. demonstrates the potent effect drier, warming spring seasons, due to climate change, is having on wildfires.