Climate


The Dragonfly cable gondola, which takes tourists through the cloud forest

Protecting Ecuador’s cloud forests

Ecuador’s cloud forests are a unique biodiversity hotspot. In the face of threats from mining and logging, the creation of private and community- owned reserves offers growing hope for their future
Aerial drone view of seagrass meadows and headlands in the World Heritage Listed Shark Bay Conservation Area.

Geo Explainer: Why seagrass helps combat climate change

ByVictoria HeathJun 6, 2023
Seagrass boasts a range of climate-change-fighting qualities, but must be conserved to be utilised in the future.
Extrapolations, with Eiza González and Edward Norton, looks to the future

Climatewatch: Dystopian fact not dystopian fiction

ByMarco MagriniMay 24, 2023
Marco Magrini ponders why we have an insatiable appetite for dystopian fiction but seem willing to ignore the reality of climate change. Will the lessons from Apple TV's Extrapolations be heeded?
The warnings on climate change are clear

The warnings on climate change are clear

ByMarco MagriniApr 24, 2023
Marco Magrini is mystified: why are the clear signs of climate change being ignored? 
Rethinking the science, economics and diplomacy of climate change

Rethinking the science, economics and diplomacy of climate change

ByMark RoweMar 31, 2023
In his intelligent and precise book, Five Times Faster, Simon Sharpe argues we need a change in ideas and policy, along side energy infrastructure, before it's too late
Having it both ways – keeping fossil fuel subsidies and promising energy transition

Having it both ways – keeping fossil fuel subsidies and promising energy transition

ByMarco MagriniMar 27, 2023
Why do countries support clean energy on one hand and subsidise fossils fuels on the other, asks Marco Magrini
Debt for nature swaps: greenwashing or a radical solution?

Debt for nature swaps: greenwashing or a radical solution?

ByMarco MagriniMar 2, 2023
Marco Magrini looks at the resurgence in the practice of swapping debt for conservation projects: greenwashing or a radical solution?
New Year, new renewable energy resolutions

New Year, new renewable energy resolutions

ByMarco MagriniJan 2, 2023
Marco Magrini starts the New Year with some positive thinking on changing climate
The Colorado River is running dry

The Colorado River is running dry

The Colorado River is running out of water, and it's now listed as the most endangered major river in the USA
The impact of climate change on lightening strikes

The impact of climate change on lightening strikes

ByBryony CottamDec 22, 2022
As the Earth’s climate warms, Northern Europe could be set to see a significant rise in lightning strikes
A microscoping close up of a group of plankton

Loss of biodiversity and climate change go hand in hand

ByMarco MagriniDec 1, 2022
Marco Magrini argues action on climate change and dealing with the loss of biodiversity are inextricably intertwined
AI predicts the impacts of climate change on cities

AI predicts the impacts of climate change on cities

ByGeographical StaffNov 4, 2022
Our cities will look very different in the future as a result of climate change, unless we make changes now
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