When it comes to world building, some authors really put the effort in. In a new study, climate scientists attempted to model the environments of Westeros and Middle Earth – from A Song of Ice and ...
When English author J.R.R. Tolkien crafted his fantasy world Middle-earth, he argued storytellers are essentially “sub-creators” – they build fictional realms with internally consistent laws. For a ...
By John Cannon Planting trees is a vital strategy to combat both climate change and the biodiversity crisis. As forests grow, ...
Changes in rainfall within global monsoon regions affect the livelihoods of billions. For years, climate models have ...
As Europe solidifies its climate policies, the Past to Future (P2F) project seeks to validate climate models against a ...
Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...
Researchers found major fire models underestimate carbon released from deep peat soils in boreal forests. Field data from 324 ...
Louise Devenish receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This article includes contributions from the Dark Oceanography team: Louise Devenish (Monash University), Kate Milligan ...