Our ability to cool the planet takes humanity into unchartered territory. In a new paper published today, researchers discuss the big unknowns in a post net-zero world.
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The war in Ukraine threatens to turn back the clock on Russia’s climate progress, with some calling on the country to leave the Paris Agreement and roll back environmental regulations.
Unlike our hellish neighbour Venus, Earth was far enough from the Sun for liquid water to form and create a more hospitable environment for life.
The man who explained the greenhouse effect was accidentally killed by his wife.
If we had not altered the composition of the atmosphere at all through emitting greenhouse gases, particulate matter and ozone-destroying chemicals, the average temperature would have remained stable.
Haphazard development of abattoirs without environmental and health considerations in Nigeria can only invite diseases – and potentially pandemics such as COVID-19.
Carbon dioxide makes up less than one-twentieth of 1% of Earth’s atmosphere. How does this relatively scarce gas control Earth’s thermostat?
As our planet warms, the number of air-conditioning units worldwide is expected to triple by 2050 – yet their use drives climate change. So how can we break the cycle?
This hot, acidic neighbor with its surface veiled in thick clouds hasn’t benefited from the attention showered on Mars and the Moon. But Venus may offer insights into the fate of the Earth.
It helps if you imagine the ground here on Earth as a big heater. It keeps us warm, and if you move away from the heater you feel cold.
The Earth’s past shows the key role of CO₂ on climate for 4.45 billion years, and how human industrial activity has disrupted its cycle at an unprecedented rate over the past 160 years.
Fourier’s discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.
The 2016 bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was the worst on record. Now a new analysis points the finger squarely at human-induced warming, and warns that the entire reef’s future is at stake.
By capturing Arctic methane emissions, the gas industry could join the fight against climate change.
The planet is more similar to Earth than any other – except when it comes to supporting life.
The sun is more powerful today than when we last had similar levels of carbon in the atmosphere.
Some atomic ratio detective work on our solar system neighbors tells us a lot about their watery pasts. That Venus and Mars are mostly dry now could be a cautionary tale for us on the Blue Planet.
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Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
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Professor - Environment, Climate and Global Health at Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Coral Reef Monitoring and Reef Health Appraisal, Australian National University
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Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, University of Southampton
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Bristol
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Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University
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Research Fellow at The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
