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A hydraulic monitor thaws permafrost with high-pressure water in the Klondike goldfields, Yukon — mining exposures that researchers used to access ancient ground ice and fossil records. (Duane Froese)

Earth’s deep memory is thawing with the Arctic permafrost, degrading records of our ancient world

Permafrost holds an extraordinary molecular record of ancient life — and we are only now learning to read it, just as warming begins to erase it.
Predictive pyrogeography-powered software and real-time models offer fire responders considerable benefits for understanding where and how wildfires will spread, via mapping based on wind conditions, topography, temperature and the dryness, density and types of foliage that serve as fuel. Apiguide/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Analysing wildfire behaviour can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire‑smart strategies

Studying the scale and intensity of previous fires can help us to detect thermal hotspots earlier and support faster, smarter crisis response and post-fire restoration.
A climate protest against the South African government in 2022. Protesters demanded an emergency renewable energy plan. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Africa’s climate crisis is a legal crisis too: what are states’ duties under human rights law?

A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.

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