Cities are facing more heatwaves, but not all strategies to keep us cool are equal.
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Our cities are getting hotter. Luckily, as a built environment, we can actually do something about it.
The Doomsday Clock has been advanced to two and a half minutes to midnight. But what does that mean?
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It's two and a half minutes to midnight according to the Doomsday Clock. But what is the clock and why should we pay attention?
Fields of gold: Australia’s wheat industry contributes more than A$5 billion to the economy each year.
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Australia's wheat harvest has stalled over the past 26 years, and worsening weather is to blame.
Will 2017 be the year Australia sorts out its energy policy?
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The goals are clear: clean, cheap, reliable energy. But no-one can agree how we get there.
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There is no one-size-fits-all answer to global food insecurity except that the West needs to learn to consume, and waste, less.
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There's never been greater need for the study of what we don't know, and why we're not supposed to know it.
The social cost of carbon estimates the damage caused by a tonne of carbon dioxide.
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The social cost of carbon – which calculates the impact of carbon emissions – plays a key role in US climate policy.
Donald Trump has promised to make America great again.
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The Global Trends report provides a useful starting point to reflect on what's in store for Africa over the next five years. And how the continent should think about responding to its challenges.
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A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
Sixteen of the 17 hottest years have occurred this century and we know it’s because of a changing climate, not changes in weather.
For the third consecutive year, it's the hottest year ever. A climate scientist explains how these predictions are made and why they're completely different from forecasting the weather.
As the climate changes and the needs of humans increase, lesser-known species like the Ethiopian wolf will face greater risk.
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It is crucial to integrate paleoclimate data into ecological studies. This will increase understanding of how species respond to climate change.
He’s been to Trump Tower, now it’s time for Bill Gates to set his sights on planet Mars.
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We need Mars-level thinking to solve our energy and climate problems here on Earth.
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Scientists correctly realised there was an increasing risk of major flooding. But they didn't know humans were to blame.
The main cause of coral bleaching – the disappearance of the coral’s colour, revealing the white skeleton – is heat stress.
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Tanzania has experienced two major coral bleaching events. Major coral bleaching events occur when sea surface temperatures are high thanks to El Nino.
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The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
Cyclone Oswald caused flooding that forced the evacuation of more than 100 patients from Bundaberg Hospital to Brisbane in January 2013.
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Most of our hospitals were not designed to cope with the health impacts of future extreme weather. And hospital infrastructure has not been adapted to secure health care during such events.
South African women trying to soak up stagnant water during the drought in January 2016.
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Climate change imperils food supply in many parts of the world, including South Africa, which has shown major gains in treating HIV/AIDS. Climate change could mean even less food -- and more disease.
A tea picker walks through a tea plantation damaged by frost near Kericho, the Kenyan highland town hit hard by changing weather patterns.
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As East Africa becomes warmer, the threat of climate sensitive diseases such as malaria, Rift Valley Fever and cholera is increasing.
IPSO's latest ruling makes a mockery of journalism's commitment to seeking the truth.
A market in Zambia. The Anthropocene in this case looks at the world positively and how to overcome challenges.
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The Anthropocene is often associated with problems such as climate change and inequality. But there is also hope that it can come with positive change for the benefit of people.