Over the past two years, climate change has fueled wildfires of extraordinary scale and duration around the world. This year, the wildfires in Australia, the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, the
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Deforestation and climate change are pushing the Amazon Rainforest towards a tipping point, beyond which destruction of this critical ecosystem could be irreversible, scientists say. Nearly half of the Amazon
To combat climate change, the global food system needs an overhaul – not only are plant-based diets accompanied by a lower incidence of noncommunicable disease and other health benefits, but
Trees naturally take up and store carbon dioxide, creating a vast and natural carbon sink that is crucial to putting the brakes on global warming. One assumed benefit of higher
Water from melting glaciers is sharply increasing the volume of glacial lakes, according to a new study published on 31 August in the journal Nature Climate Change (1). The volume
Among the climate community, the social cost of carbon corresponds to the net balance between harms and benefits resulting from a given climate change, mostly expressed in a global temperature
Declining wild bee populations translate directly into decreased crop yields, according to a new study published last month in Proceedings of the Royal Society B (1). Five of the seven
An active leak of methane gas from the seafloor in Antarctica has been discovered for the first time, reported in a new paper published on 22 July in the Proceedings
Most polar bears are at risk of being wiped out by the end of the century due to global warming, according to a new study published on 20 July in
Two-thirds of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) are unlikely to be achieved due to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore, “it’s time to rethink sustainable pathways for our planet.” argue Robin