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Beetles exposed to elevated carbon dioxide emerged later and smaller and had a reduced chance of making it to adulthood.
We have developed an online tool to help authorities identify which areas they should focus on for reducing forest fires and haze in order to maximize overall health benefits.
‘Night-shining’ clouds normally found above the poles have now been seen as far south as Los Angeles.
The US government is set to make it easier for oil and gas firms to leak methane into the atmosphere.
The treaty to limit the destruction of the ozone layer is hailed as the most successful environmental agreement of all time. Three decades on, the ozone layer is slowly but surely returning to health.
Australia needs stronger policy aimed at curbing air pollution, but the options currently on the table fall short. For now, we could all aim to drive less and turn off the engine when the car is idle.
Labor’s shadow environment minister, Mark Butler, said Australia is now “pretty much the only major advanced economy where pollution levels are going up, not coming down.” Is that right?
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Assoc Prof. Renewable Energy, Monash University
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Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Associate Dean (Environment and Sustainability in Faculty of Science), The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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Research fellow on climate justice and international equity, Utrecht University
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of York
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University
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Professor of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
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Affiliate Full Professor of Environmental & Societal Futures and Conservation Biology, University of Washington, Bothell
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Associate Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation; PRGS Faculty Member, RAND School of Public Policy
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Postdoctoral fellow, Lund University