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Desertification is a problem of global proportions. If action isn’t taken now, it will accelerate and fuel further migration and conflict.
Climate change can seem far removed from our everyday lives, which is why a citizen science program measuring how frogs are dealing with a warming world is so important.
There are precedents for trying to make the industries responsible for climate change foot the bill for adapting to a changed climate.
Australia has seen an unprecedented number of widespread, catastrophic transformations in response to extreme weather events.
How will important habitats recover from the wildfires which been blazing through moorland in northern England?
This new and more accurate estimate means that replacing coal with natural gas doesn’t do as much to reduce climate change as it should.
The dry arid conditions that come with a high CO2 atmospheres are the perfect tinderbox for wildfires.
Crop insurance cushions farmers against natural disasters, but it also can lead them to overuse resources and reduce their incentive to adapt to climate change.
As the climate changes and the population grows, meeting the demand for food will become more difficult as arable land declines. But an international team of scientists has figured out an innovative solution to dramatically bumping up crop yields.
Research shows if Australia encourages greenery on buildings, it will reduce temperatures in the city, as well as potential for flash flooding. It also creates new habitats and socialising spaces.
Tackling climate change in African cities is difficult but multiple perspectives from all over the continent can help.
Mosquito abundance is linked to climate and weather, and global climate change may be helping spread these dangerous carriers of disease.
When the Canadian government announced its pending ownership in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it entered the complex business of pipeline infrastructure.
Cape Town’s water crisis holds valuable insights for other cities that need to adapt to the realities of climate change.
A scholar of climate misinformation campaigns explains how, in part, the large gap in public opinion on global warming emerged since a scientist’s landmark clarion call for action.
Australia’s business-as-usual plan will not be enough to achieve our 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Piers face an uncertain future, with fire, maintenance issues, rising costs, and climate change all conspiring against them.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has proposed steps that would reduce economic benefits to society from new regulations. An economist who worked for Presidents Clinton and Obama calls this a strategy to justify deregulation.
Namibia has followed a community based water management strategy.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Climate Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
