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From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary biologists explain why few will evolve fast enough.
Climate denial is passe. But why do so many of us know the climate crisis is upon us – and live like it isn’t?
Rapidly changing temperatures and sensory environments are challenging the nervous systems of many species. Animals will be forced to evolve to survive.
As global warming accelerates, a new study indicates that new trading patterns could develop as an adaptation strategy.
In every Australian city, you’re likely to come across a warbling magpie. How do they cope with the onslaught of noise? It turns out, the smarter ones cope better.
This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
A new report explores options for managing the period after global warming exceeds 1.5°C. This is called ‘climate overshoot’, because we’re pushing past the safe zone into dangerous climate change.
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, the enormously successful Japanese manga and anime franchise, brings the series to a truly global audience.
Audiences are essentially paying Sony for the privilege of watching an extended advert.
A world without pastoralists would not only be a poorer place, but we would lose an important lifeline to our collective future.
As the world gets hotter, fish are getting smaller. The future of aquatic ecosystems – and fisheries – could depend on understanding how and why it’s happening.
Human activities can affect plants and have consequences for the human populations that consume them.
The book is a hard read and some say the play is an even harder watch - is it just trauma porn?
Honolulu, Baltimore, Charleston, S.C. and several other cities harmed by rising seas and extreme weather are suing the oil industry. At stake is who pays for the staggering costs of climate change.
In the face of climate change, research shows it might be best not to put all one’s grapes in one basket.
The rapidly changing climate presents many challenges for the sustainability of forest ecosystems. Assisting the migration of trees is a tool to address these challenges.
Nationally, 57% of the population says they’re not prepared for a flood disaster. Surveys and disasters show that those most at risk are least prepared.
Learning new rules requires the suppression of old ones. A better understanding of the brain circuits involved in behavioral adaptation could lead to new ways to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
In the years since the Supreme Court rejected Kivalina’s appeal on May 20, 2013, the community’s search and rescue team has faced increasing climate disasters: ‘We just can’t adapt this fast.’
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher: Climate and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Miami
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Research professor, RMIT University
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Principal Research Scientist, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate professor, behavioural ecology, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of English and World Literatures, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science and Biology, Drexel University
