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The places most exposed to saltwater flooding, especially the low-lying Fenlands, are also some of the most productive farmland in the UK.
Judging this version against an apparent ‘original’ misunderstands both the ancient poem and how myth actually works.
Surviving in the wild is no small feat for animals, especially ones like Jimothy, with rare conditions And yet he persevered to viral celebration, thanks to an adaptable brain and a caring mother.
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
Accurate adaptations of canonical texts are few and far between – but these films and miniseries stand out for their fidelity to the source material.
The enduring themes of Shakespeare’s play ring through with both pathos and ab-clenching humour in this quirky adaptation.
The future of Shakespeare may well lie beyond the English language.
Cities breed smart wildlife because it takes savvy to survive there.
A mother with secrets shares the legacy of the atomic bombings that she carried across oceans.
Emerald Fennell’s film is not interested in the racial commentary many critics have found in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
Fennell’s Wuthering Heights turns a gothic tragedy into erotica for the TikTok generation. It’s terrifying for all the wrong reasons.
JK Rowling nor George R.R Martin were afforded the same level of creative control over their books’ adaptations.
The film diverges from Shakespeare’s original presenting a dramatic and unexpected climax to this tale of revenge.
As climate extremes intensify, adaptation debates favor new technologies. Terraces in the Philippines and Morocco show how people modified their landscapes to respond to past climate shifts.
Adaptation and planned relocation are unaffordable for at-risk communities and tangata whenua. Government cost-sharing is essential.
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
While we cannot stop increases in the magnitude or frequency of adverse weather, there is a lot more people can do to reduce the consequences on their way of life.
We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you can’t see, such as what foods different people are able to digest.
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor of Biogeography and Spatial Ecology, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology
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ICLEI Professor of Practice - Local Government Climate Resilience, La Trobe University
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Principal Research Scientist, University of British Columbia
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Research professor, RMIT University
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Casual Academic, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Miami
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Climate and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL
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Dean's Professor of English and Professor of Theatre, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences