Ten more African cities have signed on to the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to improve air quality. C40 is an international group of mayors collaborating...
Why do frilled sharks look more like sea snakes? – Will, age 6, Darlington, Western Australia Hi Will. Thanks for this question! Frilled sharks are very...
Niki Teunissen/AWC, Author provided Extreme heat waves can cause birds and mammals to die en masse. But it’s more common for an animal to experience relatively...
Sea turtles have been swimming the world’s oceans and nesting on its beaches for over 120 million years. They even survived mass extinction events, including the...
For a long time, the great ocean explorers used sight to reveal the secrets of the marine environment, downplaying its acoustic aspects. Indeed, the ocean has...
Lindy Lumsden, Author provided They weigh around 15 grams, the same as a 50 cent coin. They devour vast quantities of insects. And they’re in real...
Big companies are increasingly setting voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets that are derived from the 1.5 C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. As part...
A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the “deadliest meteorological hazard” from 2015 to 2019, affecting people living on all continents, and setting new...
Oceans and coastlines have been subjected to human use for centuries. But the effects of human activity on the oceans are now more extensive, with the...
Solar panels, heat pumps and hydrogen are all building blocks of a clean energy economy. But are they truly “essential to the national defense”? President Joe...