More than 600 fishing vessels sail the icy waters of the Arctic. But just over two dozen big tankers are the worst offenders when it comes to air pollution in this vulnerable region.

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 10 of the world’s largest commodity traders published a ‘shared commitment’ to halting forest loss

The new paper, published in Environmental Research Letters, highlighted how storing carbon in forests could tackle climate change.

The global population is expected to exceed 10 billion people in our grandchildren’s lifetimes. 

An analysis of the fire footprint of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires has found logging elevated the risk of high-severity fires.

With the climate crisis continuing to tighten its grip, nations around the world are making efforts to reduce emissions of climate warming gases.

Researchers have untangled puzzling patterns of sinking and rising land to pin down the underground locations where water is being pumped for irrigation.

For the first time, researchers have spotted short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities.

Instead of prioritising energy-efficient, sustainable sea transport, the focus is often on satisfying commercial interests when planning shipping routes.

As the population grew, the conversion of natural landscapes into farmland has become common in parts of the continent.