From counting losses to predicting risk
Nature underpins our climate, our economies, and our very lives. And within nature, forests stand as one of…
Future mesoscale horizontal stirring in polar oceans intensified by sea ice decline
Eckart, C. An analysis of the stirring and mixing processes in incompressible fluids. J. Mar. Res. 7, 265–275…
This Is What Antarctica Would Look Like If All Its Ice Disappeared
Ice blankets about 98 percent of Antarctica, concealing nearly all of its land beneath a frozen shell. But…
Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN | Climate crisis
A triple-whammy of hottest years ever recorded threatens “irreversible damage”, the UN has warned as the world’s nations…
Irrigation-induced land water depletion aggravated by climate change
Crops and Drops (FAO, 2002). Siebert, S. et al. A global data set of the extent of irrigated…
Surprise geomagnetic storm arrives early as NOAA warns more solar impacts are on their way
A geomagnetic storm surprised forecasters overnight as material from recent solar eruptions arrived earlier than expected, briefly reaching…
Deforestation boosts flash flood, landslide risk from Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa pummeled areas of the Caribbean already vulnerable to landslides and flash flooding because of factors made…
‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says | Hurricane Melissa
Every aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate…
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? | Carbon offsetting
Solomon Morris Makau checks the fallen tree for snakes before he wraps a tape measure around the trunk.…
Water company bosses’ bonuses blocked over pollution issues
Six water companies have been blocked from paying bonuses to bosses over serious pollution incidents and other performance…
Tech company achieves game-changing breakthrough to solve major problem with plastic: ‘No longer optional’
Finnish technology company Coolbrook has made a breakthrough in plastics recycling by using its electrified RotoDynamicReactor to crack…
Can a Lake Have Tides Like the Ocean?
For many of us landlubbers, the lakeshore is the closest we regularly come to the power of the…