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Exclusive: Healthcare costs from smoke-related deaths tipped to reach $110m, new modelling led by Monash University suggests Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast In the decade to 2030, more than 2,400 lives will be lost to bushfires in Australia, with healthcare costs from smoke-related deaths tipped to reach

Provisional figures show annual average temperature will exceed previous record set in 2014 2022 will be the UK’s warmest year on record, as the Met Office says figures show the climate crisis is having a real impact. Forecasters highlighted that the 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 2003. Temperature trends show that

Publication date: March 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 205 Author(s): Richard B. Norgaard

Research ABSTRACT Labrador Inuit have expressed concern about the impacts of climate change on their health and well-being and their future access to marine resources, including fisheries. This study filled important knowledge gaps identified by the Nunatsiavut Government and Inuit communities regarding benthic biodiversity and habitat structure within major geomorphology features. Marine benthic surveys were

Information on environmental impact can persuade consumers against carbon-heavy food choices, says study Climate impact labels on foods such as red meat are an effective way to get people to stop choosing options that negatively affect the planet, a study has found. Policymakers have been debating how to get people to make less carbon-heavy food

Research ABSTRACT Research-engaged decision making and policy reform processes are critical to advancing resilience, adaptation, and transformation in social-ecological systems under stress. Here we propose a new conceptual framework to assess opportunities for research engagement in the policy process, building upon existing understandings of power dynamics and the political economy of policy reform. We retrospectively

Increased plant growth due to warmer climate appears to be prompting change in eating habits As the Arctic warms, concern for the plight of Santa’s favourite sleigh pullers is mounting. But in one small corner of the far flung north – Svalbard – Rudolph and his friends are thriving. Warmer temperatures are boosting plant growth

Government research shows dramatic decline in numbers in western Hudson Bay stronghold Polar bears are disappearing fast from the western part of Hudson Bay on the southern tip of the Canadian Arctic, according to a government survey. The report said there had been a dramatic decline in the of number of female bears and cubs