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The tilt of the Earth and your distance from the equator are just 2 reasons why summer’s not year-round.
New research provides the foundation for larger, regional-scale analyses of early human adaptive strategies in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia.
New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.
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 winter solstice is past, but bundle up – January is when winter really arrives in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
From Greece, to the UK, to Japan and even Sweden, a slew of places in the Northern Hemisphere are suffering extreme heat. And the chances of extreme heat records tumbling are growing all the time.
Astronomy on the continent has been given a much needed boost with Ghana’s converted radio telescope between it and South Africa, to conduct scientific observations.
A scholar explains the rich historical roots of Easter and how it has evolved over the centuries.
The first signs that humans were warming the climate appeared much earlier in the northern hemisphere - way back in the 1830s. But now the trend is emerging all over the globe.
Many works published on decolonisation originate from Ngugi wa Thiongo’s idea of decolonising the African mind. Imperialism, he writes, has left its mark on the minds of the previously colonised.
Climate and sea level changes over time have led to the disappearance of the true seals, although these mammals still exist in the Antarctic.
If you are one of the many people with a larger than normal heating bill for recent months, you would probably be under the impression that it has been exceptionally cold in the northern hemisphere. We’ve…
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Environmental Futures & Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, Exeter Climate Systems Group, University of Exeter
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Honorary Associate Professor of Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Post doctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Manager of the Ghana Radio Telescope Observatory, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute
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Director, Ikigai Research, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Climate Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Chief Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division and Professor of Climate Science, Australian National University
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Catedrático de Universidad. Oceanógrafo Físico, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Personal Docente e Investigador, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria