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Jack MarleyThe Conversation |
Heatwaves in the tropics are pushing corals to the brink. Could reefs pop up elsewhere?
A new report predicts that Earth will break another annual heat record in next five years.
Despite the familiar saying, April 2025 was significantly short on showers.
Not only is a phase-out of coal, oil and gas necessary, it offers huge economic benefits.
Extreme heat caused a resurgence in coal use in 2024 to power air conditioners. But there is an alternative.
Falling Tesla sales are a problem for Musk. The wider EV industry can appeal to a mass market.
Plastic and climate change are interfering with how plants make food. It will blow back on us.
Their dams will help soak up some carbon, but the real benefit will be to stressed ecosystems.
Slashing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, could slow the pace of climate change.
Stopping climate change will require a rapid shift to electric heating and vehicles – but people need to be wooed.
Your choices influence others. Changes you make for the climate are acts of solidarity.
A third runway for Heathrow airport is not compatible with the UK’s climate targets.
Academics glean grim portents – and some continuities with supposedly pro-climate presidents of the past.
Extreme heat, invasive plants and the demise of indigenous management have converged with disastrous results.
Three-quarters of Earth’s land has become drier since 1990. Droughts come and go – more often and more extreme with the incessant rise of...