Current emissions could already warm world to dangerous levels: study
Sep 27, 2016 18:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Current greenhouse gas concentrations could warm the world 3-7℃ (and on average 5℃) over coming millennia. Thats the finding of a paper published in Nature today. The research, by Carolyn Snyder, reconstructed...
Birds, bees and bugs: your garden is an ecosystem, and it needs looking after
Sep 27, 2016 17:44 pm UTC| Nature
Whether you live in an urban apartment or a rural homestead, your outdoor area is more than just a private space. Ecologically, a garden is another jigsaw piece in the landscape. Whatever their size, gardens can...
What's holding Russia back from ratifying the Paris climate agreement?
Sep 27, 2016 17:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that his country will ratify the Paris climate agreement in October, a significant boost in the campaign to have the agreement become legally binding by the end of the...
How monkeys make friends and influence each other
Sep 27, 2016 13:30 pm UTC| Nature
For us humans, getting involved in an aggressive conflict can be costly, not only because of the risk of injury and stress, but also because it can damage precious social relationships between friends and the same goes...
IPCC chair Hoesung Lee: we can meet 2°C global warming target if we act fast
Sep 26, 2016 08:31 am UTC| Nature
Hoesung Lee was elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just one month before the landmark Paris climate talks of 2015. The agreement that emerged from that meeting committed the worlds...
China and India's race to dam the Brahmaputra river puts the Himalayas at risk
Sep 26, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Nature
The mighty Himalayas act as the water tower of the South and Southeast Asian region. More than ten major rivers originate from the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. And for the past decade, India and China, the two...
Why military and market responses are no way to save species from extinction
Sep 26, 2016 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The arrival of climate change brings with it large-scale habitat loss and unprecedented species extinctions. The booming black and grey markets in already-threatened animals, including the rhino, elephant, and pangolin,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects