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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
Our activities now affect the entire planet. But there’s a vital debate over when we started disrupting these systems. Was it 1950 – or hundreds and thousands of years earlier?
Massachusetts is establishing the first US green bank dedicated to sustainable affordable housing. Three experts in climate finance explain why better housing can help rein in global warming.
Large stretches of the Arctic are carbon-rich peat bogs. As the region warms and dries, lightning strikes can spark underground fires that can burn for years.
The predicted El Niño is a worry, but it doesn’t guarantee the record-breaking heat we’re seeing in parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Labour, yields, and biodiversity are all elements of agriculture that need to be balanced.
As temperatures rise in the US, so does the incidence of heat-related deaths, including heatstroke.
Peatlands safely store hundreds to thousands of years’ worth of humanity’s toxic legacy but climate change and physical disturbances are putting these pollution vaults, and us, at risk.
Effective collaboration may be a key to minimizing impacts of the growing wildfire season in Canada.
Rising temperatures threaten the UK, Switzerland and Norway with more uncomfortably hot days – new research.
Water temperatures in the 90s off Florida in July are alarming, a NOAA coral scientist writes. Scientists in several North American countries have already spotted coral bleaching off their coasts.
Europe is gripped by a heatwave called Cerberus - it may be a sign of things to come.
Growing ship numbers and reductions in the industry’s total emissions add up to big emission cuts per ship – as much as 60% by 2030 and 91% by 2040. The days of fossil-fuelled ships are now numbered.
The new El Niño is unlikely to significantly increase global food prices, but some parts of the world will feel the pain.
Invisible to the naked eye, the work of the wind often goes unnoticed. Yet, for millennia, this unseen force has shaped religion, trade, warfare, culture, science and more.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
Heavier rainfall and more frequent storms raise the risk of floodwaters running over or around dams, potentially causing them to fail.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
Disturbing news about the potential for widespread crop failure as the climate changes should send shockwaves through governments around the world. Time to rethink global trade and food security.
Parts of New York’s Hudson Valley were hit with 10 inches of rain, and the mountains of Vermont – where runoff can quickly turn deadly – saw some its worst flooding since Hurricane Irene.
Having a flexible and adaptable management system is necessary to sustainably manage fisheries, especially in times of a rapidly changing climate.
Can we engineer oceans to store more carbon dioxide in the fight against climate change? A new bill before parliament seeks to regulate such activity, but holds back on research incentives.
Only fragments of Britain’s “temperate rainforest” remain – here’s some tips to help you identify one when you come across it.
The Pacific Ocean is entering the hot phase of its temperature cycle, an event that will turbo-charge global warming.
Discussing climate change with children is important, and the three Es can help facilitate these discussions.