A single tropical tree can create as much cooling as several air conditioners, and across forests can cool a whole region.
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Temperature records are tumbling – how much progress is really being made towards tackling climate change?
Autumn is arriving later in the year – climate change is probably to blame.
A supercontinent could raise global temperatures to such a degree that it could wipe out mammals.
With tourists flocking in droves to ‘experience’ heat waves, perhaps it’s time for everyone to take a good hard look at their individual contribution to global warming.
Air con uses lots of energy – try these things first.
Rising temperatures threaten the UK, Switzerland and Norway with more uncomfortably hot days – new research.
Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, has a chief heat officer, the first in Africa. She has her work cut out for her.
To address Africa’s heavy dependence on fossil fuels and hydropower, there is a need for investment in renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
The Arctic is on average around 3°C warmer than it was in 1980.
Informal settlements in Dar es Salaam are highly vulnerable to the health effects of heat.
A new assessment found substantial warming is much more solidly assured than we thought.
Despite clear air as a result of the pandemic reducing human activities, our emissions still soar.
A new study has reported the world will lose almost half of its valuable sandy beaches by 2100 as sea levels rise. But cutting our emissions could keep some intact.
Perhaps 2°C doesn’t sound like much, but if you look through history, 2°C temperature changes have had huge effects on the planet and people.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Ocean and Climate Change, Australian National University
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