Polar bears 'invading' a Russian village have renewed concern over climate change in the Arctic, but human-wildlife conflicts are flaring up everywhere.
The Flint Hills Resources oil refinery, near downtown Houston.
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Polls suggest that the majority of Americans think climate change is real, is caused by humans and needs to be addressed. But climate change isn't a priority when Americans go to vote.
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen visiting the California town of Paradise that was devastated by forest fires. Trump has threatened to use funds allocated for disaster relief to pay for his border wall.
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Donald Trump has threatened to use funds allocated for disaster relief to fund his border wall. It's time to rethink how we frame disasters to stop politicians from using them for political gain.
These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
The Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) research facility at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Carl Bernacchi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Ivan Baxter, University of Missouri-Columbia
Many researchers have studied the impact of carbon dioxide and heat on crop growth inside greenhouses. But what happens in the real world? One team has just done this and the results are surprising.
People living in run-down, inner city apartments, like these in Cairo, are at risk of heat-stress health problems.
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The number of people dying due to climate-led changes in the environment are increasing and the poorest populations remain the hardest hit.
Evidence shows that the growth of air pollutants – as well as rising temperatures, increased rain and flooding – connect breast cancer with climate change.
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Many of the crop plants that feed us waste 20 percent of their energy, especially in hot weather. Plant geneticists prove that capturing this energy could boost crop yields by up to 40 percent.
Cape Town residents queuing for water during the water crisis.
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Private finance crashed the economy and is too consumed by the profit motive to be a reliable ally against climate change. We should not allow COP24 to be their board meeting.
India has developed a pioneering national agroforestry policy.
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With so much attention focused on what agreements come out of COP24, protesters should be seizing the initiative to attack the root causes of climate change.
England’s largest woodland - Kielder Forest.
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Replanting the world's great forests should be a central demand at COP24.
The Giant Sea Bass at the California Academy of Sciences. Fishes'sense of smell is highly affected by high level of carbon dioxide in the ocean.
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Increase of carbon dioxide in the ocean affects the way fish detect predators, mates or food and could threaten not only individual fish but entire populations.
Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow; Deputy Director of the Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC); Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science, UNSW