Guest post: Are the world’s peatlands better protected after COP26?
Peatlands cover just 3% of the world’s land area, but store twice as much carbon as all the trees on Earth combined. The carbon held in these we... Read More
COP26: Key outcomes for food, forests, land use and nature in Glasgow
Coming into COP26 in Glasgow, nature was expected to feature heavily at the summit – one-fourth of UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s mantra of ... Read More
Endangered African montane forests could be a key ‘carbon store’, scientists say
Tropical forests on the slopes of Africa’s mountains are more concentrated stores of carbon than the Amazon, a new study in Nature suggests. The... Read More
Guest post: Mapping ‘blue-carbon wealth’ around the world
Carbon “sinks”, such as forests or the ocean, play a crucial role in absorbing atmospheric CO2 and thereby reducing the damages caused by climate... Read More
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This vacancy is now closed. This is an exciting opportunity to become a Carbon Brief journalist, helping us to analyse and report climate change a... Read More
Satellite data reveals impact of warming on global water cycle
Evapotranspiration – the transfer of water from the ground into the air through a combination of evaporation and transpiration – increased global... Read More
Analysis: How will England's strategies for trees and peat help achieve net-zero by 2050?
Plans to plant millions of trees and restore swathes of peatland across England are at the heart of two new UK government strategies to boost biodive... Read More
Land-use change has affected ‘almost a third’ of world’s terrain since 1960
Current estimates of land-use change may be capturing only one-quarter of its true extent across the world, new research shows. The paper, publish... Read More
Guest post: A ‘Rosetta Stone’ for bringing land-mitigation pathways into line
Scientists know that the world’s land surface absorbs nearly a third of human-caused CO2 emissions each year. This carbon “sink” – mostly fro... Read More
Scientists calculate trade-related ‘deforestation footprint’ of rich countries
Many developed countries are “encouraging” deforestation in poorer nations through international trade, new research shows. Agriculture and fo... Read More
New study challenges finding that climate change will drive dryland expansion
A new study suggests that, contrary to previous research, climate change will not cause global drylands to expand. The research, published in Natu... Read More
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