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Corals grow in the shallows around a small island in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Image by Tane Sinclair-Taylor.
Only ‘A-list’ of coral reefs found to sustain ecosystems, livelihoods
May 1, 2020

Most of tropical reefs are no longer able to both sustain coral reef ecosystems and the livelihoods of the people who depend on them, as human pressure and the impacts of climate change increase.

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An aerial view of Salybia, Dominica, after Hurricane Maria struck the island in 2017. Photo by: Rick Bajornas / U.N.
Dominica determined to become world's first climate-resilient nation
May 1, 2020

Resilience is a buzz word that permeates nearly every conference and conversation on climate change.

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Steve Canty emerging from a cay dominated by red mangroves in Belize. (Loraé Simpson, University of Alabama)
Together, We Can Save the Mangroves
April 30, 2020

Mangrove ecosystems are one of the most valuable in the world, not only for the habitat they provide for wildlife, but also because they prevent coastal erosion and absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Tired of ‘writing obituaries for coral reefs,’ surfing scientists find new ways to save them
Tired of ‘writing obituaries for coral reefs,’ surfing scientists find new ways to save them
April 30, 2020

Grim reports and unsettling headlines paint a bleak future for Earth’s coral reefs, which are projected to be wiped out by the end of the century due to climate change and pollution.  But a new study shows that this future can be prevented — and outlines th

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A parrotfish feeding on degraded coral. Credit: Shaun Wilson, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions in Australia, and the University of Western Australia
Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
April 30, 2020

Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems. Many of the world's coral reefs are seeing biodiversity plunge in the face of repeated coral bleaching events.

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Short-term environment gains likely impermanent. Credit: CC0 Public Domain
Short-term environment gains likely impermanent
April 30, 2020

In the weeks leading up to Earth Day 2020, clear blue skies broke out over famously smog-ridden cities like Beijing, Los Angeles, and Delhi. Harvard Law School Professor Jody Freeman LL.M. '91 S.J.D.

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What the IMF has called the "Great Lockdown" will likely slice $9 trillion off of global growth over the next 20 months
Pandemic cuts both ways for climate change
April 24, 2020

COVID-19 has overshadowed the climate crisis as governments scramble to protect the health of citizens without cratering their economies, but the pandemic could still open a fast-track pathway -– albeit a narrow one—to a greener, low-carbon future, experts say.

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The Commission for the Human Future says humanity’s existential threats are interconnected and must be solved simultaneously and ‘in ways that make none of them worse’. Photograph: AGB Photo Library/Rex Features
Ten threats to humanity's survival identified in Australian report calling for action
April 24, 2020

Governments should use the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic to address 10 potentially catastrophic threats to the survival of the human race, according to a report by a collection of prominent Australian researchers and public figures.

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Climate change could cause sudden biodiversity losses worldwide. Credit: CC0 Public Domain
Climate change could cause sudden biodiversity losses worldwide
April 17, 2020

A warming global climate could cause sudden, potentially catastrophic losses of biodiversity in regions across the globe throughout the 21st century, finds a new UCL-led study.

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte says the scientists behind the IPCC climate assessment are doing their best to maintain momentum. Credit: Laurence Geai for Nature
Can the world’s most influential climate report carry on?
April 17, 2020

With science around the world grinding to a halt as a result of efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is struggling to keep the world’s next big global-warming report on track.

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