In recent years, UV filters components derived from sunscreen have been detected more frequently in coastal waters. These UV filters seem to weaken coral, causing the warmed seawater to damage the coral further.

The European MacroFuels project has succeeded in making usable seaweed fuel.

The Brazilian rain forest has been at the center of world wide attention in the past month because of huge forest fires. However it is possible that the worst is yet to come.

An extremely rare thunderstorm occurred near the north pole. Meteorologist try to figure out what caused it

Global climate change is endangering small island countries, many of them developing nations, potentially harming their ability to function as independent states.

As you may know, hot air rises. So why is it so cold at the top of a mountain?

The federal parliament has voted to funnel A$200 million to drought-stricken areas. What exactly this money will be spent on is still under consideration, but the majority will go to rural, inland communities.

Heat waves can be deadly, especially when they combine high temperatures with elevated humidity levels that make the air feel even hotter. The impacts can be especially strong in cities, which often are several degrees warmer than nearby rural areas due to the urban heat island effect. These three articles from The Conversation’s archives describe steps that communities can take to adapt as climate change makes heat waves more frequent and intense.

Wind turbines come in many designs, but the most common is the so-called “horizontal axis” kind, which look like giant fans on poles. This type of turbine is highly efficient at turning the energy in the wind into electrical energy.

A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to the northern ice sheet. We will have to wait to see if 2019 continues to break ice-melt records, but in the rapidly warming Arctic the long-term trends of ice loss are clear.

Earth’s magnetic field protects and makes our planet habitable by stopping harmful high-energy particles from space, including from the Sun. The source of this magnetic field is the core at the center of our planet.

Restoring the world’s forests on an unprecedented scale is “the best climate change solution available”, according to a new study. The researchers claim that covering 900m hectares of land – roughly the size of the continental US – with trees could store up to 205 billion tonnes of carbon, about two thirds of the carbon that humans have already put into the atmosphere.