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All those Cinderella stories, buzzer-beating finishes and wild cheering sections have a high price tag – for the climate.
A review of S&P 500 companies finds carbon disclosure doesn’t necessarily mean emissions fall.
While carbon dioxide removal from the air is not a replacement for emissions reductions, it can supplement these efforts. Experts are continually researching the best ways to do this.
Carbon capture technologies have been labelled as a distraction. But as we enter the all-hands-on-deck phase of tackling climate change, they must not be ignored.
Solar geoengineering could theoretically cool the Earth to slow global warming, and it has been controversial. Still, countries should research its risks and benefits.
Carbon emissions from maritime shipping and port activities are on the rise. But city ports are finding ways to reduce their carbon footprints and reconnect with nearby cities.
A changing climate means parts of Australia will get hotter, some drier, others wetter and we can expect more extreme fire days.
Despite this year’s coronavirus lockdowns, more CO2 has accumulated in the atmosphere than during the same period in 2017 or 2018.
Earth’s has gone through major climate changes in the past. They happened on time scales of millions of years and triggered mass extinctions. Our emissions are changing the climate much faster.
Households generate a large share of national greenhouse gas emissions and can take steps to reduce them.
President Trump has confirmed that the US will leave the Paris Agreement on climate change on the earliest allowable date: Nov. 4, 2020. Will this hobble efforts to slow global warming?
This shocking figure comes from our back-of-the-envelope calculations looking at the effect of forcing more efficient engines on the Australian market.
In the eastern reaches of Siberia, scientists discovered plants with exceptional cold tolerance that could be the key to sustainable bioenergy production.
Until now, the international shipping industry has been excluded from the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, despite its major contribution to global emissions.
New Zealand has ruled out new permits for offshore oil and gas exploration as a step towards a transition to a carbon-neutral future.
Top contributors
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Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Climate projections scientist, CSIRO
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Communication Manager - CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Honorary Professor, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Science Policy, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate Professor in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Energy Technology Assessment, University of Calgary
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Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
