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Avocados are a thirsty crop with a carbon footprint that’s more than twice that of bananas.
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Business strategies to slash carbon emissions don’t just protect our environment but can help Australian companies attract global investment.
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AI needs careful monitoring and the right policies to ensure it can benefit the fight against climate change.
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Cancellations of Australian music festivals, such as the abrupt end to Pitch Music Festival due to extreme heat, have become all too familiar.
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Technological approaches could help reduce the carbon impact of artificial intelligence systems.
Protecting the planet for future children might mean having fewer children.
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You can donate to environmental charities and even purchase carbon offsets, but not having an additional child typically has a much greater impact.
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Researchers must track everything from bomb making or jet fuel burning to the carbon cost of post-conflict rebuilding.
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Is the disastrous impact we’re having on the planet affecting our decision about having children of our own?
Energy efficient lightbulbs are useful – but more radical actions are available.
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Everyone surveyed opted for the least impactful climate actions, regardless of their level of knowledge or worries.
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The clock could be ticking for the travel industry unless action is taken to change our travel habits.
Aerial view of an oil sands operation in Alberta.
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By making individuals responsible for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the oil industry is deflecting responsibility for making profound changes in their production practices.
One of the most popular species of fish found in tropical marine aquariums is the common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris).
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New research reveals the environmental impact of keeping tropical fish as household pets – but there are ways to reduce it.
Egyptian workers push Coca-Cola branded refrigerators, provided free to grocers, through a Cairo street.
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Coca-Cola has made ambitions climate and sustainability pledges, but marketing its products worldwide will always be a top priority.
Companies are now pairing data centres with greenhouses to reuse the heat emitted by computing hardware.
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While recuperating heat from data centres to ease greenhouse energy demands is better than letting it go to waste, we must not overlook the complex implications of these two newly merging industries.
The environmental cost of that ticket is high.
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All those Cinderella stories, buzzer-beating finishes and wild cheering sections have a high price tag – for the climate.
Scientists say that wasting coffee and water while making a cup of coffee has a larger carbon footprint than using coffee capsules.
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Coffee capsules aren’t the biggest carbon culprits. It’s better to use a capsule than to waste coffee and water.
Using electricity to manually delete emails can actually have a greater carbon impact than simply storing them.
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Digital activities, like sending emails, contribute marginally to the annual carbon footprint of information and communication technology users.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup, beginning on Nov. 20, will be held in Qatar.
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As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, researchers take a look at the impact of climate change on the future of soccer.
Hydro-power is not sustainable to meet sub-Saharan Africa’s energy needs and must be supported wind, solar and geothemal.
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To address Africa’s heavy dependence on fossil fuels and hydropower, there is a need for investment in renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
Farmed insects are common in many parts of the world today.
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Eating insects can carry a much lower environmental footprint than conventional meat. Should western cultures be incorporating more of them into their diets?