Life will stand a better chance against climate change if we mix big- and small-picture thinking.
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How Earth’s habitable continents arose—and survived.
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How frosty pockets in valleys could help protect some trees against climate change.
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Climate change could upend how we synchronize global clocks forever.
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"A free press is vital to informing our communities about the environmental challenges we face and holding all accountable for protecting our precious environment."
In the coming year, there will be an election for the Australian Parliament, at a time when the very future of human civilisation is precarious. Three important books have appeared in recent months that should be read by politicians and their constituents, everywhere. The first, “How to Fix a Broken Planet”, is by acclaimed, Canberra Continue reading »
Climate change and overfishing are decimating sardines in the Philippines.
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“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to wake” James Joyce Figure 1. The five mass extinctions in Earth History. The rate of the current rise of greenhouse gas levels and thereby temperatures is higher by more than an order of magnitude than that of previous mass extinctions. (Figures 11.2, 11.5). Glikson. A.Y., Continue reading »
New research blames the UK's reliance on self-regulation for the issues and found that US regulators are doing significantly better
New Zealanders pride themselves on the care they take to conserve their unique flora and fauna. "Kiwi," their universal nickname, comes from the iconic bird, a national symbol.