Keeping warming below 1.5℃ is possible - but we can't rely on removing carbon from the atmosphere

Nov 09, 2016 19:31 pm UTC| Science Nature

This week international leaders are meeting in Marrakech to thrash out how to achieve the Paris climate agreement, which came into force on Friday. The Marrakech meeting is the 22nd Congress of Parties (or COP22) to the...

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Why rising seas will hit some cities more than others

Nov 08, 2016 14:22 pm UTC| Nature

Sea-level rise is a loaded statement and instils concern, scepticism and humour. From a sceptical stand point one could think about your own experience. I have been going to the beach near my parents house on the south...

Six different ways to think about 'extinction'

Nov 02, 2016 17:45 pm UTC| Nature

The WWFs new Living Planet report highlights a 58% decline in the abundance of 3,706 animal species since 1970, reinforcing the fear that humanity is bringing about a sixth mass extinction. The roots of this fear...

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Unnatural disasters: how we can spot climate's role in specific extreme events

Oct 31, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Nature

These days, after an extreme weather event like a cyclone, bushfire, or major storm, its common to find people asking: was it climate change? We also often hear people saying it is impossible to attribute any single...

What wind, currents and geography tell us about how people first settled Oceania

Oct 25, 2016 17:12 pm UTC| Nature

Just look at a map of Remote Oceania the region of the Pacific that contains Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, French Polynesia and Micronesia and its hard not to wonder how people originally settled on these islands. Theyre...

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How to reverse the dangerous decline in low-carbon innovation

Oct 24, 2016 09:34 am UTC| Nature

The Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to less than 2C at the end of the 21st century demands that we sharply reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, reaching near zero in less than 100 years. Achieving this...

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Bolivia's fast-melting glaciers are leaving behind lakes that could cause catastrophic floods

Oct 21, 2016 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Bolivias glaciers have shrunk by more than 40% in the past few decades. This puts further pressure on an already stressed water supply, while the meltwater lakes left behind risk collapsing in sudden and catastrophic...