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A new report calls land key to solving climate change. The good news is that there are strategies for reducing carbon emissions from land use that can also produce economic and social benefits.
There’s a buzz around sustainability, but consumers still struggle to develop new habits. Here’s how to change that.
Remains of a 365m-year-old forest of extinct lycopsid trees has been found in China.
We don’t know enough about the carbon footprint of vegan foods, and that needs to change.
Future Earth Australia is working to create a long-term national plan of transformation for our cities. As part of this, everyone in Australia is invited to have their say in a survey.
The ‘tractors and chemicals’ recipe for farming has let human populations boom, but left us with degraded soils.
New research forecasts that climate change will make multiyear stretches with low snow levels more common across western North America – bad news for water managers, farmers, foresters and skiers.
The world has no hope of reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement without seriously reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry and land clearing.
Good news – underground aquifers could be a reliable source of drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa even as the climate warms.
Realising the silence of outer space was what made us appreciate our precarious position down on this pale blue dot – so beginning our obsession with extinction.
In an era of climate panic, evidence-based reporting has never been more important. That’s why we’re finding the country’s top climate change experts to answer your questions.
Do you have a question about climate change? This collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre gives you the chance to ask – and we’ll provide expert answers.
Bridges were often built for pedestrians and small, old cars – not heavy modern traffic and climate-linked flooding.
Millions of Americans rely on groundwater for their lives and livelihoods, but regulation is piecemeal. A new study maps groundwater wells nationwide and finds that they are drilling steadily deeper.
The winter of 2018-19 claimed 200 reindeer in Svalbard, Norway, according to a recent census.
Many practicing U.S. Christians do not believe that human activities are warming the Earth, but they hold diverse views about the environment. Effective climate conversations recognize those nuances.
Economic growth created the climate crisis and continues to fuel it – ‘green’ growth is no solution.
Shared e-scooter programs may seem like a green way to get around, but these small vehicles can have big environmental footprints.
Zara, a fast-fashion clothing company, recently pledged to produce its line using only sustainable textiles. But it is not enough to curb the company’s significant impact on climate change.
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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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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 emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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