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Another round of UN climate negotiations kicks off in Bonn this month. With a Trump-shaped cloud hanging over the Paris Agreement, what approach can we expect Australia to adopt this time around?
Geostorm is the newest addition to the Hollywood climate doom canon. It is terrible, which is why you should think about this genre but under no circumstances actually watch this movie.
Complex behaviour such as regional accents and cultural food preferences in whales and dolphins seems to be linked to brain size.
Tony Abbott will deliver a speech to the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Has the human weathervane stopped spinning? What does it mean for climate politics?
Isolated older people living in poverty are suffering from food insecurity.
The prize committee has opted for a more traditional laureate this year, nominating a traditional novelist after last year’s controversial choice of Bob Dylan.
European tornadoes may not come along as often as their US counterparts but they are a real threat and need to be taken seriously.
What a year it’s been for fans of energy politics. And 12 months after the blackout, the policy heat is still being generated.
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) could help unravel the mysteries of antimatter and complete scientists’ next model of the universe.
What happens when the gap between a company and its umbrella group gets too wide? We’re about to find out.
An expert in post-disaster reconstruction explains what works, and what doesn’t, when it comes to rebuilding a city.
The globalisation of higher education and what it means for students.
The strategy’s focus on rotten apples seems destined to fail.
Media jangan hanya fokus pada upaya jangka pendek, tapi juga pemulihan jangka panjang.
Four ways coverage of disasters can improve.
Despite not being able to see them, we know a fair bit about our exoplanet neighbours.
Pressure on schools to make rapid improvements discourages deeper thinking about long-term solutions. Education can learn a lot from “slow” movements.
The Turnbull government is still tying itself in knots over the future of coal, as literally decades of policy turmoil on climate and energy continue to roll on.
While specific stories from RT don’t reach many people, they change the mainstream media’s behaviour.
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Senior lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester
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Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester
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Postdoctoral research associate, Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester
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PhD Researcher, University of Manchester
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Manchester
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1851 Research Fellow, University of Bristol & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Postgraduate Researcher, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Architectural Humanities, University of Manchester
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Lecturer In Pulsar Astrophysics, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Education, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
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Professor of Sociology and History, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Education, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester
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PhD student, University of Manchester
