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climate change impacts
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New study finds clear‑cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk
Spencer Pearson-Atkins, University of British Columbia; Xu Jian (Joe) Yu, University of British Columbia, and Younes Alila, University…
Why has this autumn been so hot and dry?
Kimberley Reid, The University of Melbourne We’re less than a month away from the southern hemisphere winter. But…
Warming seas can threaten the hidden relationship that supports seagrass meadows
Renske Jongen, University of Sydney; Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, University of Sydney, and Paul Gribben, UNSW Sydney On the…
Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it
Robert James Nicholls, University of East Anglia; Marjolijn Haasnoot, Utrecht University, and Piero Lionello, University of Salento Venice…
The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here’s what can be done
The Conversation, CC BY-ND Mary-Anne Lea, University of Tasmania; Jane Younger, University of Tasmania, and Noemie Friscourt, University…
Drought could be making antibiotic resistance worse, scientists say
Piyaset/Shutterstock.com Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster Antibiotic resistance is often associated with hospitals and the overuse of antibiotics…
Some glaciers can suddenly surge forward – with dangerous consequences
The surging Scheelebreen glacier in Svalbard advances into the frozen fjord, April 2022. Erik Schytt Mannerfelt, CC BY…
What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism
Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could…
We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming
BEST-BACKGROUNDS / shutterstock / NASA Tian Li, University of Bristol; Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol, and Konrad Heidler,…
‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change
Thomas Rosenzweig/Shutterstock Milton Speer, University of Technology Sydney and Lance M Leslie, University of Technology Sydney Extreme temperature…