When temperatures rise and ice melts, more water flows to the seas and ocean water warms and expands in volume.
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Plastic is not as much of a threat to oceans as climate change or over-fishing.
Presidential candidates Joko Widodo (L) and Prabowo Subianto (R) shake hands during a debate among candidates in Jakarta, Indonesia, 17 February 2019.
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Prabowo Subianto spoke in normative terms and failed to criticise Joko Widodo’s work.
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Could hairdressers hold the key to tackling climate change?
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Before democracy South Africa’s mining sector prioritised profits over the people and environment. Not much has changed.
A serval captured on a camera trap at an industrial site in South Africa.
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A high number of carnivores have been discovered at a huge industrial site in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Worth the effort?
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There are lots of issues with recycling – but it’s still an important part of society’s efforts to live more sustainably.
Conservation doesn’t have to be at odds with agriculture.
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Agriculture and the environment don’t need to be at odds with each other. They are more closely interdependent than we realize.
Evidence shows that the growth of air pollutants – as well as rising temperatures, increased rain and flooding – connect breast cancer with climate change.
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Most cases of breast cancer are related to environmental causes. When we talk about climate change, we must not forget this part of the story.
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Nanotechnology and materials are the source of countless innovations, but we don’t accurately know how they are affecting humans and the environment.
Green Christmas.
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Whether plastic or natural, Christmas trees are generally bad for the environment. However, a new chemical process could recycle dead trees into all kinds of useful products.
Turning over a new leaf.
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Dystopian fiction is popular, but presenting positive visions of the future in popular culture could help people embrace solutions.
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Native cherries are everywhere, but we know surprisingly little about them.
Demonstrators march down Paris’ Champs-Elysees Dec. 8.
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A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
Waves from a 2012 superstorm crash into a seawall and buildings along the coast near Boston Harbor.
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As the expected costs of climate change grow, cities are on the frontlines of adapting to sea level rise and more intense storms – and finding ways to pay for it.
Success with conservation of Kangaroo Island’s Glossy Black-Cockatoos can now be compared with other bird conservation efforts around the country.
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Stephen Garnett , Charles Darwin University ; Alienor Chauvenet , Griffith University ; April Reside , The University of Queensland ; Brendan Wintle , The University of Melbourne ; David Lindenmayer , Australian National University ; David M Watson , Charles Sturt University ; Elisa Bayraktarov , The University of Queensland ; Hayley Geyle , Charles Darwin University ; Hugh Possingham , The University of Queensland ; Ian Leiper , Charles Darwin University ; James Watson , The University of Queensland ; Jim Radford , La Trobe University ; John Woinarski , Charles Darwin University ; Les Christidis , Southern Cross University ; Martine Maron , The University of Queensland ; Molly K Grace , University of Oxford ; Paul McDonald , University of New England et Sarah Legge , Australian National University
New research has shown how to measure conservation progress for Australia’s 238 endangered bird species
An American environmental activist at the climate summit in San Francisco, California, in September 2018.
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During the November 4 US midterm elections, the candidates had to take into account the growing concern of many voters, across party lines, about climate change.
Supreme Court justices stood with Brett Kavanaugh, his wife Ashley, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on the day of Kavanaugh’s investiture.
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With Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, many predict that the court will move to the right on issues from abortion to gun rights. But Supreme Court rulings are often not the last word on a matter.
Journalists who cover illegal operations like logging at this site in northern Sagaing division, Myanmar, can face threats and violence.
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Reporters who cover environment and natural resource issues are commonly threatened and harassed around the world. Some have been killed for coverage that threatens powerful interests.
The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Lancashire.
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Although fracking has been given the green light it’s still not known how common felt earthquakes may become and if communities are willing to accept them
Do events like the Global Action Climate Summit raise the profile of politicians like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio?
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Big city mayors with serious commitments to limiting greenhouse gases did well at the polls on Tuesday.