Temporary carbon storage in forests has climate value — but we need to get the accounting right
Sep 29, 2023 08:49 am UTC| Science
Forests and other natural carbon reservoirs play an important role in slowing and potentially reversing the effects of climate change. But any carbon stored in nature is vulnerable to either natural or human-caused...
Sep 29, 2023 01:57 am UTC| Nature
It was a rare bit of good news on climate. The International Energy Agency this week released its latest net zero roadmap, showing it was still just possible to hold global heating to 1.5℃. In the last two years, weve...
Net zero by 2050? Too late. Australia must aim for 2035
Sep 23, 2023 03:17 am UTC| Nature
This years heightened drumbeat of extreme weather shows us how little time we actually have to slash emissions. It is now clear that going slow on cutting greenhouse gas emissions is much more expensive than taking...
What can board games teach students about climate change?
Sep 21, 2023 00:01 am UTC| Life
Among the worlds ever-expanding array of board games, a small but growing number deal with climate change. But are these games any good? As a professor of English who specializes in environmental literature, I set out...
Our planet is burning in unexpected ways - here’s how we can protect people and nature
Sep 18, 2023 06:29 am UTC| Science Nature
People have been using fire for millennia. It is a vital part of many ecosystems and cultures. Yet human activities in the current era, sometimes called the Anthropocene, are reshaping patterns of fire across the...
How weather 'blocks' have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe
Sep 18, 2023 05:54 am UTC| Nature
On several occasions this summer, Europes weather seemed to get itself stuck, leading to prolonged heatwaves and floods. In the UK, a long hot and dry spell throughout May and June gave way to a similarly persistent cool...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects