Africa’s tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows

Jul 12, 2017 18:47 pm UTC| Nature

At a bare floored restaurant on the edge of the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon, I asked the owner what there was to eat. She gestured to a poster on the wall. It was an illustrated guide of 44 animal species under threat...

How we discovered that brain connections shape memories

Jul 08, 2017 18:18 pm UTC| Nature

Reliving and sharing our personal past is part of what makes us human. It creates a sense of who we are, allows us to plan for the future and helps us form relationships. But we dont all remember our past in the same way....

Artificial environments are turning the world outside in, but that's no way to save the planet

Jul 08, 2017 18:14 pm UTC| Nature

When meltwater breached the global seed bank near Svalbard in May, after unusually warm weather, it served as a stark reminder of the need to safeguard humanitys future in the face of increasing turbulence. Buried 130...

Growing food in the post-truth era

Jun 30, 2017 17:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy

This article is part of an ongoing series from the Post-Truth Initiative, a Strategic Research Excellence Initiative at the University of Sydney. The series examines todays post-truth problem in public discourse: the...

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...