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Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
Redwood forests like this one in California can store large amounts of carbon, but not if they’re being…
How climate change influences the spread of disease – four essential reads
Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images Ina Skosana, The Conversation and Moina Spooner, The Conversation Climate change has…
Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet
The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland is the largest in the Alps. A century ago it was several kilometres…
Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years
Some areas wouldn’t see immediate effects, and there could be serious consequences. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Patrick W. Keys,…
Addressing Some Misconceptions About Climate Change
You may have encountered several social media posts and content out there that claim climate change is something…
Tiny algae could help fix concrete’s dirty little climate secret – 4 innovative ways to clean up this notoriously hard to decarbonize industry
Concrete is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than aviation. Jung Getty via Getty Images Wil Srubar, University…
Rivers worldwide are running dry – here’s why and what we can do about it
Catherine E. Russell, University of Leicester Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in…
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
A turbulent melt-river pours a million tons of water a day into a moulin, where it flows down…
Canada is witnessing more thunderstorms than ever before
Severe thunderstorms occur in Canada every year, bringing with them large hail, damaging downburst winds, intense rainfall and…
Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters
Frédérik Saltré, Flinders University; Karen A Stockin, Massey University, and Katharina J. Peters, University of Canterbury The world’s…