The world may lose half its sandy beaches by 2100. It’s not too late to save most of them

Mar 03, 2020 08:25 am UTC| Nature

For many coastal regions, sea-level rise is a looming crisis threatening our coastal society, livelihoods and coastal ecosystems. A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, has reported the world will lose almost...

Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It's the last thing our wildlife needs

Mar 03, 2020 00:15 am UTC| Nature

New South Wales Forestry Corporation will this week start selective timber harvesting from two state forests ravaged by bushfire on the states south coast. The state-owned company says the operations will be strictly...

How birds are used to reveal the future

Mar 01, 2020 13:37 pm UTC| Nature

People around the world and throughout history have used birds to think about and predict the future. In Wales, the call of an early-arriving cuckoo in the spring foretells a good crop of hay later in the year. For Aymara...

Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

Mar 01, 2020 12:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Every January Larry Fink, the head of the worlds largest funds manager, BlackRock, sends a letter to the chief executives of major public companies. This years letter focused on climate risk. Climate change has become a...

How South Africa's mangrove forests store carbon and why it matters

Feb 26, 2020 07:37 am UTC| Nature

Scientists around the world are looking for ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This gas is a natural component of the atmosphere, released by processes of respiration and decomposition of organic...

I made bushfire maps from satellite data, and found a glaring gap in Australia's preparedness

Feb 25, 2020 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

On the night of January 9 2020, my wife and I secured our Kangaroo Island home and anxiously monitored the South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) website for bushfire advice. After many horrific weeks of bushfires,...

'Natural' flood management would be overwhelmed by Britain's winter super-floods

Feb 25, 2020 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

As large swathes of the UK endure the worst floods in living memory, hearts and minds are rightly focused on protecting people and property. At one point the governments Environment Agency had issued a record 594 flood...