Labor continues to be hung up on a decade-old Greens’ decision to oppose an emissions trading scheme in 2009. But responsibility for Australia’s climate policy void lies elsewhere.
Scientists need your help to protect Australia’s insects and track their numbers.
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Insects are vital to sustaining life on Earth – and their numbers are falling fast. So consider ditching the fly spray and see what you can do to help.
Coal emissions are falling, but gas and coal use are strongly rising around the world.
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Carbon emissions will hit a record high for the second year in a row, but there is a small silver lining: the rate of emissions growth has slowed dramatically.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck – with shattered windows – at Tesla’s design studio in November 2019 in Hawthorne, Calif.
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Climate change will affect everyone, but women will overwhelmingly bear the greatest burden.
This week’s climate conference in Madrid is key to getting global cooperation on climate change, the impacts of which are already being felt.
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Alan Barreca, University of California, Los Angeles
More places around the world are experiencing days with record high temperatures. These prolonged hot spells may have unanticipated impacts on pregnant women, triggering early deliveries.
Christmas trees at Twin H Tree Farms in Bloomington, Indiana.
Indiana University/James Brosher
If you’re craving that freshly-cut tree smell, shop early and don’t be too choosy.
The Tasmanian tiger is among the best known of our extinct species, but researchers have now revealed the extent of the crisis.
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New research has revealed 100 plant and animal species have become extinct in the past two centuries – a far higher number than previously thought.
Students involved with the Resilient Schools Consortium in New York City quickly grasped the need for climate resiliency in their school buildings. Students from Mark Twain Intermediate School are seen here in October 2017.
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After Hurricane Sandy, educators in New York City partnered with environmental and governmental organizations to put youth at the centre of preparing for risks and hazards in their school buildings.
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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Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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.