Waves, storms and floods can reshape atoll islands to survive sea-level rise – but their coral reefs need protection.
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Thousands of hydropower dams are under construction around the world. New research shows that by cutting off sediment flow, these dams can have big ecological effects on far-off bays and deltas.
There is a direct correlation between the age of the builder, spade size and the speed at which boredom sets in.
Climate change, deforestation, overfishing and hydrocarbon exploitation threatens one of Africa’s oldest lake’s, Lake Tanganyika.
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University; University of Reading
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University Distinguished Professor Joint Professor, Geosciences and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Coastal Geomorphology, University of Plymouth