Almost all theories of human bipedalism explain it as a terrestrial adaptation. A new study does not support that view.
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Les conférences COP constituent en général une plateforme pour la négociation d'accords internationaux sur le changement climatique.
Heading into COP27, those at the sharp end of climate change are seeking a better deal.
Millions of Africans could be uprooted or trapped where they are through climate-induced displacement and migration.
COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international climate change agreements.
Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.
Africa’s designated protected areas don’t handle shocks well - South Africa’s wildlife ranches offer lessons in resilience.
Netflix’s Sandman is quite different from the comics and that opens up the story to a whole new fandom.
Slated by critics, Netflix’s Persuasion isn’t as bad as it’s been made out to be.
Managed retreat is already common in flood-prone areas, but what about in neighborhoods at high risk from wildfires? Here are four ways communities can pull back for safety.
Since the second world war, changing ideas about how children should behave have made us fear independent and competent children.
A single seagrass plant in Shark Bay is around 4,500 years old, covers 200 square kilometres of seabed, and thrives in harsh conditions.
A long-term study of wild animal populations shows each generation is on average almost 20% genetically ‘better’ than their parents at surviving and reproducing.
Potting soils are helping plant seeds travel. Is it benign or harmful?
Researchers wanted to understand what happens when chameleons – animals that display dynamic colour change – find themselves in an environment without their natural predators.
How can we, personally, prepare for a future with not only more frequent natural disasters, but one that will also profoundly change the environment, communities and the economy?
The climate crisis makes it important to investigate and understand the mechanisms of plant growth if we are to keep agricultural crops sustainable.
Cockroaches have been on Earth far longer than humans and may outlast us. Here are a few reasons why.
Simply providing passive information is not enough. Governments must find better ways to deliver important messages about natural hazards.
The little ice age unleashed famines and revolutions which tested the very bonds of society.
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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 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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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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