Tag: atmosphere
Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change
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Humanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. The majority of this comes from...
Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse
Etching of the 1867 flood in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, depicting the Eather family. illustrated Sydney News/author provided
Over the past three years, I’ve been working...
Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space
Picture: Ashleigh Wilson
While greenhouse gases are warming Earth’s surface, they’re also causing rapid cooling far above us, at the edge of space. In...
We need to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere, not just reduce emissions
Humans have burned 420 billion tonnes of carbon since the start of the industrial revolution. Half of it is still in the atmosphere
Getting climate...