Increasing coral bleaching will be worst for the most biodiverse reefs along the equator, impacting the livelihoods and nutrition of the people who depend on them.
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The strong El Niño that started in 2023 will still have big impacts at least through March. Here’s what to watch for next.
Some countries have managed to elevate nature and ecosystems to the status of legal entities. Do these innovations really help to protect the environment?
An atmospheric scientist explains how El Niño works, this year’s oddities and why this phenomenon doesn’t last long.
New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
This physical effect does explain how some massive natural phenomena like hurricanes behave. But on the scale of water in your sink – not so much.
The official forecast calls for a strong El Niño by winter, but other models suggest it might dip in and out. An atmospheric scientist explains.
Climate change has already made tropical oceans too hot for some marine species to survive. As they flee towards the poles, the implications for ecosystems and human livelihoods will be profound.
An ecologist describes her field research and work on the impact of human activity on birds and their pathogens, which has taken her from Alaska to the Gulf of Guinea.
A disease suspected to be Mpox is on the rampage in Nigeria. In less than one month, it has spread to seven of the country’s 36 states and infected 31 people.
Imagine the Earth pulling everything it is made up of, all of its mass, towards its centre. This happens evenly all over the Earth, causing it to take on a round shape.
Forests and savannas are expected to be strongly affected in the coming decades by changing rainfall patterns. But land use will also have a major impact.
The global tropical climate zone is expanding. At the current rate, by 2100 its edge will stretch from Sydney to Perth.
The tropics are expanding at an unprecedented rate. This will have massive implications for societies, economies and the natural world.
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Research Scholar, Academia Sinica
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Research scientist working on savanna and forest distribution, Université de Montréal
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Atmospheric Research Scientist, CICOES, University of Washington
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Chercheuse en écologie, Universidade do Porto
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Change Ecology, Adelaide University
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