USP Opens Landmark Sustainable Energy Training Centre for the Region
The University of the South Pacific has officially opened its new Sustainable Energy Training Centre, a purpose-built facility designed to support han…
Category: Climate in Society
Adapting to climate change
Climate adaptation is not primarily a technical problem that can be solved with information alone. It’s a social, political and developmental process….
What are chalk streams and why are these rare rivers under threat? An expert in river ecology explains.
Research by Nottingham Trent University in collaboration with the Environment Agency suggests that improving water quality and reducing pressure on wa…
Expert Comment: Are extreme heatwaves the UK’s ‘new normal’?
Professor Myles Allen, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics at the University of Oxford, explains how researchers at Oxford are combinin…
Drought is reshaping the spread of infectious diseases
In a review paper published Aug. 12 in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, CU Boulder ecologist Pieter Johnson and his collaborator Tara Stewart Merril…
Drained by humans, rewetted by beavers – opposing forces shape boreal wetlands
Researchers at the University of Helsinki and University of Eastern Finland explore how beavers can contribute to wetland restoration. Beavers have th…
Butterflies worldwide are on the move as the climate warms
Monash‑led research has revealed that one in ten butterfly species globally has shifted its distribution range, with climate change and extreme weathe…
Urban greenery’s potential as a climate solution is underused – new handbook offers solutions
A new Climate-Smart Urban Greenery Handbook brings together research-based, easily applicable ways to strengthen the role of urban greenery for the be…