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Australia will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% of 2005 levels by 2035 under the federal government’s new climate target.The prime…

Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on the ground in the lush…

It is a warm spring day in my home town in regional Victoria. The sun is shining, an ocean breeze rocks the tea trees and swarms…

September 17, 20254 min readThe Past Three Summers Were the Three Hottest on RecordClimate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers,…

Thousands of paper documents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s meteorological archives are now being digitized.Credit: Derrick Muheki/INERA DRCHow can countries find out how climate…

It is hard to imagine there will be a more important piece of work put out by the Albanese government in this term of parliament than…

Weakening or changing net zero policy would deter investors and spook financial markets, the UK government’s new climate adviser has warned.Nigel Topping, recently appointed chair of…

For decades, Sanibel Island, one of the most treasured vacation resorts in America, was an insurance agent’s dream. Year after year, the 5,000-odd residents of the…

A little over a decade ago I published a book, This Changes Everything, which explored the reality of the climate crisis as a confrontation between capitalism…

September 11, 20256 min readScientists Clash over whether Polar Geoengineering Is a Dangerous GambleScientists are beginning to take clear sides on whether or not to use…