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Unusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms A prolonged heatwave in Siberia is “undoubtedly alarming”, climate scientists have said. The freak temperatures have been linked to wildfires, a huge oil spill and a plague of tree-eating moths. On a global scale, the Siberian heat is helping push the world

Publication date: October 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 176 Author(s): Venticia Hukom, Rasmus Nielsen, Mette Asmild, Max Nielsen

We created a world-first atlas to help secure the country’s wine future. It shows that all 71 grape-growing regions must adapt to hotter conditions Many Australians enjoy a glass of homegrown wine, and $2.78bn worth is exported each year. But hotter, drier conditions under climate change means there are big changes ahead for our wine

Small-scale fisheries supplying tropical sea cucumbers to Asian markets frequently overharvest stocks, incurring unknown loss of economic value. An indication of such value loss can provide economic incentives for better conservation and management. However, “before and after” time-series by which loss could be calculated are generally not available for most sea cucumber fisheries. In this

Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable development agenda The coronavirus pandemic is “just a fire drill” for what is likely to follow from the climate crisis, and the protests over racial injustice around the world show the need to tie together social equality, environmental sustainability and health, the UN’s sustainable

Yallah Coffee’s beans now arrive on a schooner. Has the prospect of wind-powered cargo finally landed? The French schooner De Gallant docked in Falmouth harbour at the end of May, three months after leaving the port of Santa Marta in Colombia laden with tonnes of sustainably sourced coffee beans. This wind-powered sail cargo of carbon-neutral