Upper Coomera is one of those fast-growing fringe suburbs that are hotter because of tightly packed housing with less greenery.
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Recently published research has found that the concentration of poorer people in hotter places is a real problem for cities’ capacity to cope with climate change.
Damage from Hurricane Matthew in North Charleston, South Carolina, October 2016.
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Conservative commentators accused government officials last week of hyping risks from Hurricane Matthew. A meteorologist explains why this is impossible in the internet era.
All about the atmosphere.
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Atmospheric changes on exoplanets could hold clues to our own environmental problems.
The guided missile destroyer USS Barry deploys to sea from Naval Station Norfolk ahead of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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Politicians are still debating whether climate change is real, but military planners call it a serious threat. A retired rear admiral explains how climate change affects U.S. national security.
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The Norwegian capital shows other cities how it’s done, by setting out a tailor-made plan to reduce emissions to zero by 2030.
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Hollywood turns its hand to the worst environmental disaster in US history – from which the environment is strangely missing.
Soybeans and corn are two of the most widely planted crops in the United States and the main feedstocks used to make biofuels.
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A new study challenges the longstanding view that biofuels are carbon-neutral, and asserts that in the U.S. to date, they have done more harm to the climate than gasoline.
South Australia’s blackout was a reminder of the importance of our infrastructure.
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While South Australia’s storm hasn’t yet been specifically linked to climate change, it’s a reminder of the challenge of delivering essential services in a more variable climate.
Bangladesh will be hit hardest by climate change.
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The Global South needs stronger commitments from rich countries to achieve long-term climate success.
Erosion of the case against sugar.
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Money can corrupt. But that doesn’t mean all types of funding – or intentions – are the same.
Apple bud in flower.
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Spring has sprung and gardens are flush with growth. Can this annual spike in plant activity tell us anything about climate change?
Adelaide goes dark after wild storms caused the entire state’s power to fail.
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South Australia is recovering from a state-wide blackout, and fingers are pointing at the state’s renewable energy industry and climate change.
An icebreaker makes its way through Antarctica’s sea ice.
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After record-breaking amounts of sea ice in Antartica, this year we’re seeing record lows.
Yes, climate change came up during the debate but there was little substantive discussion of energy or environment.
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Trump is following in Ronald Reagan’s footsteps by pushing against regulations, but in the 1980s, it only awakened the public to environmental concerns.
Grey Mouse Lemurs enter torpor to conserve water.
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Climate change has an impact on small mammals and some battle to survive. But some others have developed intriguing coping mechanisms to survive.
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Russia is dragging its feet on climate action - and risks being left out in the cold.
Melting ice sheets – such as this one in Greenland – are one way the Earth amplifies global warming.
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New projections suggest the world could warm 3-7 degrees over coming centuries.
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September 26, 2016
Sandrine Maljean-Dubois , Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) ; Angelina Davydova , St Petersburg State University ; Chukwumerije Okereke , University of Reading ; Ina Islam , Independent University, Bangladesh ; Joice Ferreira , Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) ; Joyashree Roy , Jadavpur University ; Michel Damian , Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) , and Shobhakar Dhakal , Asian Institute of Technology
Lee: ‘Business will be far from usual in a world of four, five or six degrees of warming.’
Over three-quarters of Australians now accept climate change is happening, according to a new survey from the Climate Institute.
Many businesses are committing to sourcing all of their energy from renewable sources.
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A swell of business action is continuing following the Paris climate agreement.