Climate Change Series

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...

Climate Change Series

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...

Fertile ground: what you need to know about soil to keep your garden healthy

Sep 28, 2016 15:27 pm UTC| Nature

Most people think of soil only in terms of the dirt that sticks stubbornly to their hands and shoes. But soil is much more than that. A handful of soil is a small and very complex ecosystem which includes soil...

How trees communicate via a Wood Wide Web

Sep 27, 2016 18:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A new book, The Hidden Life of Trees, claims that trees talk to one another. But is this really the case? The simple answer is that plants certainly exchange information with one another and other organisms such as...

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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...