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Could our best shot at stopping climate catastrophe be restoring forests on a massive scale?
Protecting forests and wetlands, which absorb and store carbon, is one way to slow climate change. Scientists are proposing similar treatment for marine animals that help store carbon in the oceans.
Digital innovations have the potential to empower farmers and revolutionise agriculture, but many could also lock them in to unsustainable methods.
The Trump administration is sharply reducing environmental protection for wetlands and streams across the US. This roundup of stories spotlights the many benefits that such water bodies provide.
Tiny chemical clues in the ocean reveal how its role as a carbon store is changing.
Mangrove forests along the world’s tropical and subtropical coasts store enormous quantities of ‘blue’ carbon – especially in river delta zones, where soil builds up quickly.
One big problem with plastics is that they’re largely made of petroleum. Sourcing bio-polymers from plants and bacteria has some big benefits – and the technology is starting to take off.
Nobel Prizewinning health researcher Peter Doherty reflects on the challenge of delivering a healthy climate for the world. From hydrogen power to wooden skyscrapers, the options are endless, but all require leadership.
Wetlands are some of the world’s most undervalued weapons against climate change. They store huge quantities of carbon – but without better protection, many could soon be drained or paved over.
Scientists have long thought most nitrogen in Earth’s ecosystems comes from the air, but new research shows it also is released as rocks weather. This could boost plant growth and help sequester carbon – but not fast enough to avert climate change, as some pundits have claimed.
Europe loses as many trees to storms each year as Poland produces in timber. Until now, the models for predicting which trees are at risk have not been good enough.
In an extract from his new book, Tim Flannery explains how giant kelp farms could suck carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the ocean’s depths, while encouraging species like fish and oysters.
A new survey has identified millions of hectares of forest in dryland areas, a finding that boosts the total global forest cover by 9% and has significant consequences for carbon budgets.
A new report calls U.S. forests an undervalued asset for slowing climate change. It warns that they are being degraded by logging for wood, paper and fuel, particularly in the Southeast.
An Icelandic trial shows carbon dioxide can be pumped underground and stored as rock.
Study shows mangrove forests along desert coasts have potential to lock up large amounts of carbon and buffer against rising seas.
Sharks and other ocean predators help protect the ocean’s carbon stores by keeping other wildlife in check.
It’s no exaggeration to say the tropics drive our planet’s carbon cycle – the constant transfer of carbon back and forth, on a global scale, between living things and the environment. Understanding the…
In a recent article on The Conversation, Queensland coal seam gas (CSG) researchers argued that the industry is progressing faster than the science, leading to concerns over fugitive emissions and impacts…
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Professor of Environmental Science, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Global Change, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Tasmania
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Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Professor, University of New England
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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England
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Adjunct Professor, University of New England
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Senior Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Otago
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Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Oxford
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
