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Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification, Category 5 winds so early in a season were alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strength
Hurricane Beryl hit the island of Carriacou, Grenada, on July 1, 2024, with 150 mph sustained winds. NOAA…
Is collapse of the Atlantic Ocean circulation really imminent? Icebergs’ history reveals some clues
Icebergs that break off from Greenland’s glaciers carry enormous amounts of fresh water that can affect Atlantic currents.…
Are some routes more prone to air turbulence? Will climate change make it worse? Your questions answered
Trinity Moss/Unsplash Doug Drury, CQUniversity Australia A little bit of turbulence is a common experience for air travellers.…
How farming could change in a post-growth world
Handan Vicdan, EM Lyon Business School Degrowth, or the idea that we can save the planet by shrinking…
What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a monumental concept
Ruth Morgan, Australian National University Last month, the leaders of the G7 declared their commitment to achieving net…
Why cheap renewables are stalling
Jack Marley, The Conversation Last summer, the northern hemisphere was the hottest it has been for 2,000 years.…
Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future
Marcia Zilli, University of Oxford; Caio Coelho, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe), and Neil Hart, University of…
Ancient Climate Shift in Northern Africa Reveals Human Adaptation Challenges
At a Glance The shift from a lush, green Sahara to the arid conditions in northern Africa today,…
West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today
Hugh Chittock/Antarctica New Zealand, CC BY-SA Dan Lowry, GNS Science and Holly Kyeore Han, NASA As the climate…
The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai
Jack Marley, The Conversation A reckless experiment in Earth’s atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood. That was…