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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has launched a sweeping attack on Cardinal George Pell for his sceptical stance on climate change.
It should not be assumed that policies intended to deal with the climate will simultaneously stop ocean acidification.
A new study looking at mineral deposits in caves is revealing insights into climate from the distant past.
Global warming is changing the movement of carbon within northern ecosystems to the point where the Arctic could become a net source, rather than sink, of greenhouse gas emissions.
South Africa’s pied crows are moving to areas where the climate suits them more.
2014 saw heatwaves of all kinds and other wild weather. Research can now explain that climate change made these events much more likely.
We have all the tools to achieve economic growth and environmental sustainability - we just have to choose to use them.
Our climate is changing. But many of the devastating repercussions are little understood.
Why should we care if the polar ice sheets melt hundreds of years in the future? Because they are vital for maintaining our current climate.
Environmental racism remains a reality in South Africa. It is poor, black citizens who live on the most damaged land and in the most polluted neighbourhoods.
Considerations of the moral case for coal must do far more than consider whether cheap fossil energy will lift people out of poverty. It must consider the pollution and harm to nature that come with it.
In the last Republican presidential debate, two candidates spoke out on climate change – a sign that the tide is turning away from linking conservative policies with denying climate change.
This has been Australia’s hottest October on record. And the record-breaking temperatures are at least six times more likely thanks to human-induced global warming.
False complacency: Hurricane Patricia didn’t devastate Mexico as feared, but provides more evidence that warming waters raise the chances of more intense storms.
The Academy says it will withdraw “millions of dollars” from investments in environmentally sensitive activities, primarily in energy and mining companies.
The University of California intends to be carbon-neutral by 2025 by implementing existing technologies and focusing on public education. Is this a model for decarbonizing at large scale?
The United Nations is promoting a website to measure, reduce and offset your personal carbon emissions. But will this fix climate change?
Current climate pledges will see the world warm more than 2C. To avoid dangerous climate change countries will need to at least double their efforts.
See what it takes to limit global warming to 2C.
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