Plants can recover after being burned, so why might some species in the Amazon face local wipe out?
Not only can plants survive fire, they can use the experience of being burned to prepare themselves for future blazes.
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Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here’s why
Three tips from climate communication research on how to talk about climate change during extreme weather events.
How pastoral farming can help to avoid a biodiversity crisis
Pastoral communities should be included in conservation initiatives – but the ecology of pastoral lands has long been misunderstood.
Forest fires are shifting north and intensifying – here’s what that means for the planet
Global carbon emissions from forest fires have increased by 60% over the past two decades, with the largest contributions coming from fires in Siberia and western North America.
Overshadowed by COVID: the deadly extreme weather of 2020
Many storms, heatwaves, fires and droughts slipped under the radar this year.
Why the impacts of climate change may make us less likely to reduce emissions
The populist right has made hay with social tensions climate change is likely to exacerbate.
We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them
We rarely see good news headlines when a cyclone, earthquake or wildfire does not turn disastrous.
Fire, tsunami, pandemic: how to ensure societies learn lessons from disaster – podcast
How to prevent future disasters by learning from the past. Listen to episode 21 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Pinpointing the role of climate change in every storm is impossible – and a luxury most countries can’t afford
Rapid attribution studies reveal climate change’s influence on the weather, but they’re expensive and time-consuming.
Wildfires and migrants: the issues defining a very uncertain election in Sweden
Stefan Löfven and his Social Democratic Party could lose voters over how the government has handled the refugee crisis.
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