Forest fires break out in Indonesia every year from land clearing using fires.
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Villagers of Sumatra and Kalimantan relunctant to participate in peatland restoration, contributing to the recent forest fires in Indonesia.
A hot and dry spring is leading into a hot and dry summer.
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Australia is heading into a scorching summer, but the factors causing the hot and dry weather are expected to ease later in the season.
Dry conditions will make for a difficult summer in the Murray Darling Basin.
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A researcher who’s worked for decades to improve the health of the Murray Darling Basin fears the coming months will be among the worst in history.
Some of the young people who are part of the lawsuit filed against the federal government, seen at a press conference in Vancouver, B.C., in October 2019.
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Two recent legal cases in Canada help explain the evolution of climate activism here and around the rest of the world.
Planes can create clouds of tiny ice crystals, called contrails, and some studies suggest they could have an a significant effect on climate.
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Globally, emissions from air travel account for only about 3% of the warming human activities are causing, but aviation affects our climate in a number of ways.
The GPS system of global positioning satellites is just one of the innovations that have sprung from the US military and transformed our lives.
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The US defence industry spawned the IT revolution. It gives us tips for how to limit climate change, but not a complete road map.
Nearly half of Australians aged 18-24 view climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia in new national survey.
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The annual Scanlon Foundation survey found nearly half those aged 18-24 viewed climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia, compared to 12% of those aged 35-44 and 8% of those aged over 75.
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel says Australia can be a world leader in hydrogen production and export.
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Just 1kg of hydrogen can power a split-cycle air conditioner for 14.5 hours. The possibilities are endless - and now we have a plan to get there.
Indonesia will face new challenges as current released IPCC reported states that oceans and cryosphere are melting in accelerated rate.
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Climate change is causing oceans to become warmer and more acidic and to lose oxygen. Indonesian waters are not immune to these impacts.
Indigenous knowledge is an essential asset in the adaptation to climate change. Image of a remote community in Nunavik, where resources are limited.
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Although marginalized from policy decisions, northern Indigenous communities have maintained and developed strong social networks to help them cope with climate change.
Commuters idle in rush-hour traffic outside Philadelphia.
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As the effects of climate change become clearer and more ominous, fossil fuel companies face a choice: Defy warnings of catastrophic climate change, or envision their roles in a post-carbon world.
On Thursday air pollution levels in Sydney reached hazardous levels for the second time in a week.
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Smoke haze appears to make it hard for participants in financial markets to make the right decisions. The finding has far-reaching implications.
Australia’s coal production is expected to jump by 34% to 2030, undercutting our climate efforts.
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In the same decade we are supposed to be cutting emissions under the Paris goals, our coal production is projected to increase by 34%.
A bus got caught in a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh on Oct. 28, 2019.
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Irregular weather is destabilizing the soil that supports railroad tracks, roads, buildings and pipelines.
Last year fire storms raged across California. Similar conditions could become more likely for Australia.
Giovanni is interested in how meteorological processes operate at multiple spatial and temporal scales to control air pollution events, and how this influence is mediated by topographic variation and characteristics of the urban environment. His current r
Extreme fire risk will overlap with weather patterns to create fire tornadoes more often under climate change.
Bowen will also highlight the rising gender gap in the study of economics.
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In a lecture to be delivered on Wednesday, Chris Bowen says he is concerned that “the nation will lose out…if fewer young people are trained in the fundamentals of good economic decision making”.
As sea levels rise, it becomes easier for ocean waves to spill further onto land.
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For every ten centimetres of sea level rise, the chances of a 100-year coastal flood increase three-fold. This means we’ll have to build flood defenses or retreat from the coast.
There are different types of drought and how they affect different sectors of society varies.
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Not all droughts are the same and South Africa needs to have a targeted approach to each type.
Seagrass meadow in Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia. Seagrass is an important nursery for many juvenile reef fish.
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Although less well known than its cousins, coral reefs and mangroves, seagrass plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation.
An estimated 85% of bushfires are lit by humans.
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Australia devotes countless resources to fighting bushfires, but precious little to examining the main cause - humans.