Sep 15, 2025 | Climate Science
Planting trees is widely recognised as an important form of climate mitigation. Indeed, healthy forests store more carbon than they release into the atmosphere by sequestering (storing) it in tree trunks, root systems, and the soil, and are thus a net carbon sink [1]....
Sep 15, 2025 | Climate Science
War is catastrophic not only for people and places, but for the planet [1]. While the environmental devastation from conflicts, such as land mines, toxic chemicals and destroyed ecosystems, is more known, the global climate impact of warfare has long been...
Jun 9, 2025 | Climate Science
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural climate pattern consisting of oceanic and atmospheric changes in the tropical Pacific [1]. While El Niño describes the oceanic pattern, Southern Oscillation refers to changes in the atmospheric pressure...
Mar 16, 2025 | Biodiversity, Climate Science
What is a blue carbon ecosystem and why are they important? Blue carbon refers to the carbon found in coastal and marine ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, mangroves, and salt marshes [1]. Although these ecosystems are concentrated in tropical regions, at least one...
Mar 16, 2025 | Climate Justice, Climate Science
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of 39 States and 18 Associate Members of United Nations regional commissions that face unique social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities [1]. The three geographical regions where SIDS are...
Oct 29, 2024 | Climate Science, October 2024
The increasing impact of extreme weather events due to climate change has resulted in widespread loss and damage around the globe. Hydro-meteorological hazards such as floods, cyclones, and droughts that have an atmospheric, hydrological, or oceanographic origin are...
