Flood protection based on historical records is flawed – we need a risk model fit for climate change
Sep 01, 2023 01:43 am UTC| Nature
Despite countries pouring billions of dollars into protecting communities, flood-related disasters are becoming more frequent and are projected to become even more severe as the climate crisis worsens. In fact, many...
World's beaches are changing because of climate change - green thinking is needed to save them
Aug 25, 2023 08:02 am UTC| Nature
Coastlines the interface between land and sea lie at the frontline in the battle against climate change impacts. Globally, almost 1 billion people now live within 10km of a coastline and the same number live in areas...
'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change
Aug 25, 2023 08:00 am UTC| Nature
In early 2023, the Guardian published an article suggesting that more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless. These credits are essentially a promise to protect forests and can be bought as a way to offset...
Aug 24, 2023 07:13 am UTC| Health
Marine mammals animals including whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea otters, dugongs and manatees are threatened by an array of human activities. Species such as the North Atlantic right whale, Rices whale and...
Aug 24, 2023 07:09 am UTC| Nature
After a rare three-year La Niña event brought heavy rain and flooding to eastern Australia in 2020-22, were now bracing for the heat and drought of El Niño at the opposite end of the spectrum. But while...
What harm could one coal mine do? Plenty, producing 1.7 Hiroshima bombs of heat
Aug 22, 2023 04:25 am UTC| Nature
This year, the Australian government rejected Clive Palmers coal mine proposal but approved three others. Over 100 more fossil fuel projects are in the decision pipeline. Why are we still approving coal projects when...
Aug 22, 2023 04:21 am UTC| Science
When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects