We studied a rocky shore to see how global changes are playing out within habitats.
When Hurricane Dorian, seen here from the International Space Station, stalled over the Bahamas in September 2019, its winds, rain and storm surge devastated the islands.
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More than 70% of New Zealanders agree that industries receiving substantial financial assistance as part of the COVID-19 recovery should be required to lower their carbon emissions.
The Paris climate change agreement aims to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures — and the federal carbon pricing plan was meant to help Canada meet its commitments.
The Cape Town drought was one of the longest and the worst to have affected the city and the region in recent times.
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Energy Minister Angus Taylor is this week expected to release the government’s first Low Emissions Technology Statement. It’s likely to include ways to remove CO₂ from the air – but do they work?
Land reform strategies portray the land as uniform, static and independent from its social-environmental context.
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South Africa’s that current land reform strategies focus too narrowly on agricultural outcomes and transferred ownership - this undermines equitable and sustainable land reform.
Hurricanes Marco and Laura swept through the Gulf of Mexico just two days apart in August 2020.
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It’s only happened twice since naming started in 1950, and there’s an unusual twist to where many of the storms formed this year.
An airtanker drops retardant to help stop the spread of the 2015 Eyrie Fire in the foothills of Boise, Idaho, which was ignited by sparks from construction equipment.
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Wildfires aren’t always wild. Many of the most expensive and damaging fires happen in suburban areas, and nearly all blazes in these zones are started by humans.
Scientists find oceanic heat has overtaken atmospheric heat as the main cause of melting.
Members of the citizens’ assembly on climate change on their first weekend of discussions in Birmingham, January 2020.
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I have criticised this government’s climate policy in the past for being big on promise but short on concrete policies. But this financial disclosure policy has some real teeth.
Scientists examining microfossils aim to answer crucial questions to understand past and present climate crises.
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A court victory by an NGO against a South African municipality has laid bare the red tape and misgovernance that often burdens the process of issuing water licenses.
The Riverside Fire, viewed from La Dee Flats in the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon on Sept. 9.
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