China Increases Fight Against Pollution To Prevent Billions Of Dollars In Losses
Jun 30, 2017 16:59 pm UTC| Nature
For some time now, China has been one of the leaders in the fight against climate change and pollution. Faced with the prospect of losing billions in the solar industry and a suffocating atmosphere, the country is taking...
Globally, floods seem to be decreasing even as extreme rainfall rises. Why?
Jun 28, 2017 04:21 am UTC| Nature
Over the past decade we have seen a substantial increase in our scientific understanding of how climate change affects extreme rainfall events. Not only do our climate models suggest that heavy rainfall events will...
Understanding the root causes of natural disasters
Jun 27, 2017 08:25 am UTC| Nature
Every year disasters take lives, cause significant damage, inhibit development and contribute to conflict and forced migration. Unfortunately, the trend is an upward one. In May 2017, policy-makers and disaster...
Urban nature: What kinds of plants and wildlife flourish in cities?
Jun 27, 2017 02:31 am UTC| Nature
Biodiversity refers to the variety of all living things on Earth, but people often have very specific ideas of what it means. If you run an online search for images of biodiversity, you are likely to find lots of photos of...
China Wants To Catch Carbon Using Giant Facilities, Shows Up The US
Jun 21, 2017 08:37 am UTC| Nature
As one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions in the world, China has taken it upon itself to clean up its air and also become one of the leaders in fighting climate change. To show just how serious it is, the...
Are heatwaves 'worsening' and have 'hot days' doubled in Australia in the last 50 years?
Jun 19, 2017 16:01 pm UTC| Nature
The release of the Finkel report has refocused national attention on climate change, and how we know its happening. On a QA episode following the reports release, Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie said that weve...
India's wells are running dry, fast
Jun 17, 2017 16:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Over the past three years, the monsoon the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region has been weak or delayed across much of India, causing widespread water shortages. With the onset...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects