Study calls for increased research funding to sustain U.S. agriculture
Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity ...
How countries define climate action in Paris Agreement pledges – and why a standard format could help assess outcomes
The climate pledges that countries submit to the UN may or may not detail policy and regulatory measures, making it difficult ...
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Flooding from Below: The Unseen Risks of Sea Level Rise
Researchers demonstrate a method for assessing how rising seas could raise groundwater levels, potentially transmitting flood ...
Comment: The role of citizens in the fight against climate change has never been greater
For the UK to get to net zero and create a greener, cleaner and more prosperous society, we all need to be involved. That’s ...
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Activism and Science: Anne Urai and Clare Kelly on responding to the climate and biodiversity crises
Yes, identifying your audience workshop is very important. A type A audience is already engaged – they understand the urgency ...
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Earth on the brink? Looking back on nearly two decades of tipping point research
David Armstrong McKay is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sussex and the lead author of a 2022 paper that ...
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Climate change will surprise us, but so-called ‘tipping points’ may lead us astray
The increasingly broad application of the phrase "tipping point" across biogeophysical and social phenomena muddles its ...
Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
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Life sciences preprint servers have grown up — and are setting out on their own
Richard Sever will be chief scientific and strategy officer of openRxiv, a nonprofit to ensure the future of biomedical ...
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Do women leaders drive better environmental outcomes?
Meera Mahadevan, assistant professor of economics at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) explores how ...
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Science diplomacy can help to heal global rifts — if research is respected
The universal language of science allows nations to reach a mutual understanding of shared problems. But that requires ...
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‘A wicked problem’: The unexpected link between inequality and lower carbon emissions
For years, environmental activists and international organizations like the United Nations have championed the idea that ...