Was Tasmania's summer of fires and floods a glimpse of its climate future?
Apr 19, 2016 06:37 am UTC| Nature
Drought, fires, floods, marine heatwaves Tasmania has had a tough time this summer. These events damaged its natural environment, including world heritage forests and alpine areas, and affected homes, businesses and...
Are the Japanese and Ecuador earthquakes related?
Apr 19, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan on Friday, causing widespread injuries and property damage. Then on Saturday evening, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Ecuador on the other side of the Pacific, collapsing buildings...
Why the Indian Ocean's little-known humpback dolphins need protection
Apr 19, 2016 04:41 am UTC| Nature
When discussing my research on humpback dolphins people often think I mean the humpback whale. The humpback dolphin is probably the least-known marine mammal of Africa. It lives close to shore, just behind the breakers in...
A precarious geological bargain
Apr 18, 2016 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The landscapes of the Xinjiang province of western China are very special. It is here the ancient trade routes of the Silk Roads skirt the great mountains and deserts of central Asia, weaving a magic thread through a...
Australia's carbon emissions and electricity demand are growing: here's why
Apr 18, 2016 06:40 am UTC| Nature
Australias greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise. Electricity emissions, which make up about a third of the total, rose 2.7% in the year to March 2016. Australias emissions reached their peak in 2008-2009. Since then...
Brazil's thriving soy industry threatens its forests and global climate targets
Apr 18, 2016 04:11 am UTC| Nature
Brazils economy is teetering on the edge of collapse. The countrys political regime has been rocked by recent corruption scandals, and impeachment proceedings are encircling the nations leaders. And yet things couldnt be...
Consensus confirmed: over 90% of climate scientists believe we're causing global warming
Apr 15, 2016 09:22 am UTC| Nature
When we published a paper in 2013 finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, what surprised me was how surprised everyone was. Ours wasnt the first study to find such a scientific consensus. Nor...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects