Climate Change Series

Stop sending climate consultants to poor countries – invest in universities instead

Oct 04, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

As we edge closer to global consensus on climate change and the need to reduce emissions, the focus has moved from debating the science or the need for global action to the responsibility of individual countries to provide...

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What do sugar and climate change have in common? Misplaced scepticism of the science

Sep 30, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Why do we think that climate sceptics are irrational? A major reason is that almost none of them have any genuine expertise in climate science (most have no scientific expertise at all), yet theyre confident that they know...

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Climate change is happening in your garden: here's how to spot it

Sep 30, 2016 09:43 am UTC| Nature

As the weather warms and days lengthen, your attention may be turning to that forgotten patch of your backyard. This week weve asked our experts to share the science behind gardening. So grab a trowel and your green...

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Record high to record low: what on earth is happening to Antarctica's sea ice?

Sep 29, 2016 02:42 am UTC| Nature

2016 continues to be a momentous year for Australias climate, on track to be the new hottest year on record. To our south, Antarctica has also just broken a new climate record, with record low winter sea ice. After a...

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Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action: Climate Council report

Sep 29, 2016 00:31 am UTC| Nature

Just as people pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, the land also absorbs some of those emissions. Plants, as they grow, use carbon dioxide and store it within their bodies. However, as the...

Conservation decisions must protect the livelihoods of people living in Africa

Sep 29, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Nature Law

182 member states of the worlds biggest convention on wildlife conservation have committed at this years gathering to consider how trade decisions impact community livelihoods. The Convention on the International...

How animals are adapting to cope with their noisiest neighbours – humans

Sep 28, 2016 16:21 pm UTC| Nature

Human noise is forcing animals around the world to go through changes, unknown and invisible to most of us. It will be another case of the survival of the fittest: some species will adapt and thrive; others will struggle...