Glass Wings Blog: Global

10 Facts That Prove the World Is in a Climate Emergency
150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World & Their Iconic Dishes
200 and counting: Global financial institutions are exiting coal
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin
2023's most mind-bending puzzle game gives you a magic camera and invites you to break the world
20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive – what does this mean in a warming world?
3,800-km Cable Offers Glimpse of a Global Power Grid
46 Books that Changed the World
6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now
A Bird’s-Eye View of a Technicolor World
‘A bus is open to everyone regardless of class’: riding the world’s biggest network
A Cypress in Chile Could Soon Break The Record For World's Oldest Tree
A Czech couple has created the world's first hand-stitched video game
A decade of declining violence worldwide, except in the USA and Latin America
A dying baby, a Trump tweet: Inside network setting global right-wing agenda
A global wastewater surveillance program could have stopped the spread of COVID-19, Northeastern researcher says
A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul
‘A historic step’: G20 discusses plans for global minimum tax on billionaires
A new era: Coal usage and emissions in the global power sector to peak in 2023
A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming
‘A portal to a different world’: a gamer’s guide to visiting Japan
A ‘Revolutionary’ Way to Feed the World That’s Very Old
A slide in global corruption rankings is bad for ‘Brand NZ’ – what can the government do?
‘A symbol of what humans shouldn’t be doing’: the new world of octopus farming
A ‘Tape Recorder for the Planet’: What Natural History Museums Bring to the Climate Fight
A world-first in the Scottish Highlands
A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world
Abu Dhabi is creating vast carbon sinks from its mangroves and sharing its learnings with the world
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
African Solutions to Global Problems
Agroecology Is the Solution to World Hunger
AI Article Generator Falls for World of Warcraft 'Glorbo' Prank
All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas
Almost Half The Planet Predicted to Enter New Climate Zones by 2100
An end to plunder and pillage: how a First Nations nature reserve became a model for the world
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
Analysis: Global CO2 emissions could peak as soon as 2023, IEA data reveals
Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals
Antarctic Extremes Are Now Virtually Assured, With Global Ramifications
Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits to the world, new research finds
Arcade game pinball, an old-school craze, given new life as Gen Z dominates world rankings
Arctic rivers face big changes with a warming climate, permafrost thaw and an accelerating water cycle − the effects will have global consequences
As Russia woos nations to support its war in Ukraine, will fault lines deepen around the globe?
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
Astronomers puzzled by ‘planet that shouldn’t exist’
Australia must lead the world on nature restoration through ambitious interpretation of international law
Australian dolphins have the world’s highest concentrations of ‘forever chemicals’
Australia’s ‘inhumane’ offshore detention regime denounced by global human rights organisation
Australia’s Kangaroo Island named No 2 must-visit region for 2024 by Lonely Planet
Australia’s largest rail freight company to roll out battery electric tenders in “world first” trial
Australia’s new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions
Australia’s ranking in global anti-corruption index remains steady – but shows we cannot be complacent
Australia’s young people are moving to the left – though young women are more progressive than men, reflecting a global trend
Avian influenza has killed millions of seabirds around the world: Antarctica could be next
Awe can alter our sense of self and open us to new possibilities – could it help save the planet?
Babies in the global south are being poisoned by plastic from the north. Yet they are missing from the data
Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a look at how they navigate the world
Being Attractive Will No Longer Be an Advantage in the Content World
Better World: The Samara Story
Between the World Cup and Barbie, we’re finally having an honest discussion about girlhood
Beyond the numbers: the real-world impact of the malaria vaccine in Kenya
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble
Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush
The Bittersweet Story of the World’s First Motel
BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?
Building a Minecraft Gateway to the World of Books
Canada’s House speaker quits: What the Hunka scandal reveals about Second World War complexities
Carbon removal: why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2°C
Casual, distant, aesthetically limited: 5 ways smartphone photography is changing how we see the world
Challenge Accepted: High-speed AI Drone Overtakes World-Champion Drone Racers
Chart: Solar installations set to break global, US records in 2023
The Cheapest Places to Live in the World in 2024
China May Have Just Condemned The Entire World
China’s concerning new strategy on human rights: unite the world behind a ‘selective’ approach
Chinese Authorities Demand Global Censorship Of Protest Anthem ‘Glory To Hong Kong’
Chris Bowen says agreement on global fossil fuel phase out central to Australia’s renewable energy plans
Chris Bowen warns global heating will fuel political instability in annual climate statement
The clean energy milestone the world is set to pass in 2023
‘Cli-fi’ might not save the world, but writing it could help with your eco-anxiety
Climate change is driving a global youth revolution
Climate change threatens to cause ‘synchronised harvest failures’ across the globe, with implications for Australia’s food security
Climate change will strike Australia’s precious World Heritage sites – and Indigenous knowledge is a key defence
Climate crisis: average world incomes to diminish by nearly a fifth by 2050
Climate litigation is on the rise around the world and Australia is at the head of the pack
Climate scientist Mark Maslin: ‘We have all the technology we need to move to a cleaner, renewable world’
Conservationists welcome gillnet fishing ban in Great Barrier Reef world heritage area
COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world
Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates
COP28: Why China’s clean energy boom matters for global climate action
Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
Council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide
Countries meet in Kenya to thrash out global plastic pollution treaty
COVID orphans face grief and poverty as world moves on
Culture of Repair Connects Educators and Students Worldwide
The Curious World of Tchibo
Cyclone Jasper: how did it cause so much rain and could global heating be to blame?
Dam collapse a global problem as waters may poison Black Sea, Zelenskiy says
Damning silicosis report calls for world-first ban on deadly engineered stone — will governments listen?
Danish traveller Thor Pedersen completes 10-year round-the-world journey without flying
Death Valley approaches global heat record as US reels from extreme weather
Deaths From Fungal Infections Have Doubled Worldwide in Just a Decade
Debunking migration myths: the real reasons people move, and why most migration happens in the global south
Debunking Mr Bean’s electric tropes: EVs are far better for the planet than ICE vehicles
Deforestation jeopardises agribusiness and food security in Brazil and worldwide
Discrimination, internment camps, then deportation: the end of the second world war did not mean peace for Japanese-Australians
Do phrases like ‘global boiling’ help or hinder climate action?
‘Does rewilding sort climate change? Yes!’: UK expert says nature can save planet and not harm farming
Dominica to create world's first sperm whale reserve
Drone strikes hit Moscow and Kyiv – in the growing world of drone warfare, anything goes when it comes to international law
Dungeons & Dragons at 50: How the fantasy world can be a home for everyone
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
Electrification is efficiency: The world will need less energy after the transition
‘End of the world vibes’: why culture can’t stop thinking about apocalypse
Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand by 2030
Environmental groups celebrate a victory for the planet as Chevron surrenders 19 offshore oil and gas exploration permits in B.C.
‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record
Ethics in a machine-learning world
Europe’s banks helped fossil fuel firms raise more than €1tn from global bond markets
Even temporary global warming above 2°C will affect life in the oceans for centuries
Ever heard of the Maritime Continent? It’s not far from Australia – and channels heat around the world
Expansive, exciting and free: how Zelda’s Tears of the Kingdom unlocks the potential of open world gaming
Experience: I own the world’s oldest living cat
Fear and anger are dominating our world right now, but are we being manipulated for profit?
Feast your eyes on the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024
FIFA won't recognise them. So this team can only watch on during the Women's World Cup
Finland is the happiest country in the world – but our research suggests the rankings are wealth and status-oriented
Fire is consuming more than ever of the world’s forests, threatening supplies of wood and paper
Floods turn world’s biggest heavy metal festival into mudbath
For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World
‘Foul and loathsome’ or jewels of the natural world? The complicated history of human-frog relations
Friday essay: from angry gods and fertile myths to battleships and new technologies – how the wind shapes our world
Friday essay: if the world’s systems are ‘already cracking’ due to climate change, is there a post-doom silver lining?
Friday essay: Project 2025, the policy substance behind Trump’s showmanship, reveals a radical plan to reshape the world
From a Detour to Global Dominance
From mangroves to fjords, coastal ecosystems can take up or emit greenhouse gases. But globally, they’re a vital sink
From meerkat school to whale-tail slapping and oyster smashing, how clever predators shape their world
From running the world's first electric cherry orchard to helping electrify New Zealand
Genetically engineered bacteria can detect cancer cells in a world-first experiment
Germany’s turning point: 2 years into strategic pivot, progress made bodes well for the US, NATO and the world
Giant redwoods: World’s largest trees 'thriving in UK'
Global air pollution is a major health risk
Global average sea and air temperatures are spiking in 2023, before El Niño has fully arrived. We should be very concerned
Global calls to revoke ‘misleading’ sustainable farming certification for salmon in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour
Global climate policy forecast predicts ‘well below 2°C’ Paris Agreement climate goals will be met
Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response
Global corporate power is ‘out of control’, but reports of democracy’s death are greatly exaggerated
Global Ecosystems Risk Collapsing Decades Before We Predicted
Global EV Sales Hit A Near-Record 1.2 Million Sales In August 2023
The global fight against polio — how far have we come?
Global Fund partnership achieves record breaking results, with 59 million lives saved since 2002, thanks to U.S. investments
Global heating, land clearing and the ‘extinction vortex’: the fight to save Australia’s koalas
Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert
Global heating making extreme rain and catastrophic flooding more likely
Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record
Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says
Global Inequality in Well‐​Being Has Decreased across Many Dimensions
Global Peace Index Map » The Most & Least Peaceful Countries
Global Plug-In Car Sales Started 2024 With A Bang: 1 Million Sold In January
Global status report,on road safety 2023
Global temperature rises in steps – here’s why we can expect a steep climb this year and next
Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit
Global Warning: 2023 Will Be The Hottest Year On Record
Global Wind Report 2023
Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action
Good news for climate comes from the world’s greatest user of coal
Goodbye Mr Fabulous, the giant cuttlefish who let us into his world and changed ours for the better
GraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting
‘Graphene will change the world’: the boss using the ‘supermaterial’ in the global microchip war
The Great Convergence: Global Equality and Its Discontents
Half of the world is past a peak in fossil power
Handkerchief or tissue? Which one’s better for our health and the planet?
Has the cyberattack on DP World put Australia’s trade at risk? Probably not … this time
Hawaii’s climate future: Dry regions get drier with global warming, increasing fire risk
Hayao Miyazaki wins Golden Globe for The Boy and the Heron
Here’s the truth about Sunak’s plans for the North Sea: he will sell out the planet to the dirtiest bidders
The hidden world of LOONEY TUNES' background art
The Hidden World of Undersea Cables
History in Ink: Preserving the World’s Largest Cartoon and Comic Collection
How 2023’s record heat worsened droughts, floods and bushfires around the world
How a Melbourne recycling program is using old hotel soap to solve a global health problem
How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
How algae conquered the world – and other epic stories hidden in the rocks of the Flinders Ranges
How butterflies conquered the world: a new ‘family tree’ traces their 100-million-year journey across the globe
How can activists change the world? Experts offer seven strategies
How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west
How China's buses shaped the world's EV revolution
How China’s Downturn Could Save the World
How climate change is causing a communication breakdown in the animal world
How Copyright May Destroy Our Access To The World’s Academic Knowledge
How Degrowth Can Save The World
How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, 50 years on from Chile’s US-backed coup
How global warming is reshaping winter life in Canada
How Languages Divide the World
‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world
How might we build trust in an untrusting world?
How one Argentinian city overhauled its waste management to tackle one of the world's largest rubbish dumps
How researchers remade ‘the world’s most widely used petrochemical’ – without using fossil fuels
How Saudi Arabia came to be at the centre of a global golf merger
How the circular economy can help us stay within planetary boundaries
How the Inflation Reduction Act Has Reshaped the U.S.—and The World
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
‘Humanity’s signature’: study finds plastic pollution in the world’s lakes can be worse than in oceans
The humble spotted gum is a world class urban tree. Here’s why
I Wish the World Was Kinder to Artists
IDA Helps to Weave the Fabric of Global Social Protection
If We all Made Our Living By Helping People it Would Heal the World
In a Barbie world … after the movie frenzy fades, how do we avoid tonnes of Barbie dolls going to landfill?
In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions
‘In a lot of the world, the clock has hit midnight’: China is calling in loans to dozens of countries from Pakistan to Kenya
In "Doppelganger", Naomi Klein says the world is broken: conspiracy theorists ‘get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right’
India elections: ‘Our rule of law is under attack from our own government, but the world does not see this’
India secretly works to preserve reputation on global Democracy Index
Indonesia backs global fight against plastic waste
Indonesia is one of the world’s largest democracies, but it’s weaponising defamation laws to smother dissent
Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Clean Up the World’s Most Romantic River
Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind
Intergenerational report highlights the threat of a hotter, less productive Australia due to global warming
Invasive species cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s diversity
Investors and unions press Labor to invest $100bn to compete in global green economy
Is Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global stability and ignite an anti-satellite arms race
Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars
Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen aid convoy shows growing danger of humanitarian work in conflict zones
It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw
It's Time: Scientists Urge The World to Declare a New Epoch on The Moon
I’ve travelled the world researching patriarchy – and found it is far from inevitable
January 2024 Breaks Global EV Sales Record: Take That, Haters
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution
Jon Foreman (Sculpt the World)
July was world’s hottest month on record, climate scientists confirm
Land clearing and fracking in Australia’s Northern Territory threatens the world’s largest intact tropical savanna
The latest maps of the world's eighth continent
Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally
The Legendary Ocean Explorer Protecting ‘Hope Spots’ Around the World
LGBTQ+ people are facing increasing persecution globally, but refugee status is still extremely hard to get
Life on Our Planet: evolution experts review this ‘hugely entertaining’ Netflix docuseries
Listening To The Creatures Of The World
[L/V] Water in the world (acapella)
Made in America: how Biden’s climate package is fuelling the global drive to net zero
MALI: the World Bank finances $150 million to restore degraded land
Man to tackle Australia on electric motorcycle after riding across the world to combat range anxiety
Many global corporations will soon have to police up and down their supply chains as EU human rights ‘due diligence’ law nears enactment
Marshall Islands, a nation at the heart of global shipping, fights for climate justice
Measles is on the rise around the world – we can’t let vaccination rates falter
Meet the Companies Literally Dropping ‘Irish’ Pubs in Cities Across the World
Meet the Pranksters Behind Goody-2, the World’s ‘Most Responsible’ AI Chatbot
Meet the Shadowy Global Network Vilifying Climate Protesters
Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures
Money Talks In The World Of Copyright Legislation; And That’s A Big Problem For Ordinary Internet Users
The Montreal Protocol Turned Out to Have an Amazing World-Changing Side Effect
Moyenne Island: The world's smallest national park
Mudcrab makes history: how a home-made electric car broke world records under water
The Myth of the ‘Dark Ages’ Ignores How Classical Traditions Flourished Around the World
‘Nature needs money’: Lula tells rich countries to pay up and protect world’s rainforests
Nearly two-thirds of the top fossil fuel producers in Australia and the world aren’t on track for 1.5℃ climate target
New global biodiversity fund to restore nature worldwide by 2030 officially launches
New Research Reveals Scale and Success of Seabird Recovery Efforts Worldwide
New York is suing the world’s biggest meat company. It might be a tipping point for greenwashing
New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first
Nine countries sign global pact to protect endangered river dolphins
No climate for cricket: how global warming is putting the heat on NZ’s summer game
No more hydrogen trains | Rail company that launched world's first H2 line last year opts for all-electric future
‘No one is talking about it’: the cruelty of long Covid in the global south
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out
Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals
Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie review – an optimist’s guide to the climate crisis
Odisha's turnaround in disaster management has lessons for the world
On a climate rollercoaster: how Australia’s environment fared in the world’s hottest year
On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming
One Man’s Quest to Heal the Oceans—And Maybe Save the World
One of NZ’s most contentious climate cases is moving forward. And the world is watching
The only artist in the world to embed gold leaves in glass; kirikane | Yamamoto Akane: Making Beauty
Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk – and we never knew
Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre-covid forecasts
Our planet is burning in unexpected ways - here’s how we can protect people and nature
‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs
Pakistan bucks global trend with 30-year mangrove expansion
Peak in global oil demand ‘in sight before end of decade’
People around the world are living in non-traditional housing to cope with rising cost of living
The people paid to spot risks see high chance of ‘global catastrophe’ within 10 years
Peter Singer’s fresh take on Animal Liberation – a book that changed the world, but not enough
Planet Snapshots Issue 91: Tipping Points: Coral Reefs
Planet Snapshots Issue 93: Tipping Points: Boreal Forests
Planet Snapshots Issue 94: Future Cities
The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
Produce-grower Plenty opens world’s most advanced indoor vertical farm
Recent acceleration in global ocean heat accumulation by mode and intermediate waters
Red Sea crisis: Suez Canal is not the only ‘choke point’ that threatens to disrupt global supply chains
Remote employees ‘don’t work as hard’, says head of world’s biggest commercial landlord
Renewable energy deployment surge puts global power system on track for the IEA’s ambitious net-zero pathway
Renewable power on course to shatter more records as countries around the world speed up deployment
Research reveals who’s been hit hardest by global warming in their lifetime - and the answer may surprise you
Researchers: We've Underestimated The Risk of Simultaneous Crop Failures Worldwide
Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet
Revealed: the world’s ‘most liveable’ cities in 2023
Rhinos can’t sweat, making them vulnerable to overheating: global warming could wipe them out in southern Africa
RIAA Piles On In The Effort To Kill The World’s Greatest Library: Sues Internet Archive For Making It Possible To Hear Old 78s
RIP Ghosts: a joyful comedy that lit up this bin fire of a world
The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?
Risk of Preterm Birth Is Dramatically Rising as The World Gets Hotter
The road that's the 'Eighth World Wonder'
Same-Sex Marriage Around the World
Scarygirl: the richly built world of this new Aussie film tells a story of human-nature connection
Scientists’ experiment is ‘beacon of hope’ for coral reefs on brink of global collapse
Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake
Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global CO2 emissions
Seals, swimmers, bat carers – exploring the world of the pale brown, oft-maligned Yarra River
Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe
Snow leopards, elephants and pangolins to be better protected with funding boost for world’s most endangered animals
The social housing secret: how Vienna became the world’s most livable city
Solar Philippines to break ground on world’s ‘largest’ solar farm this year
Solar surging 58% in 2023, 413 GW of installations expected globally
Some people who share fake news on social media actually think they’re helping the world
Sophie Trevitt’s indomitable spirit and deep commitment to equity will continue to shape the world she left behind
South Australia’s world-leading renewable transition is attracting flood of new industry
‘Still in the stone age’: movie world in shock as Germany’s MeToo moment arrives
Stop Recycling — You’re Killing the Planet
Strep A: cases of rare fatal infection hit record levels in Japan – here’s what risk these bacteria pose to global health
Study: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies
Study finds 2 billion people will struggle to survive in a warming world – and these parts of Australia are most vulnerable
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution
Svalbard’s doomsday vault gets record batch of global crop seeds
Switzerland votes to adopt a global minimum tax
Taiwan election: global leaders draw Beijing’s ire for congratulating new president
Tales of the unexpected: inside the thriving world of independent bookshops
Tasmanian garden wins prize for world’s ugliest lawn
Ten Organizations Join Forces To Combat Illegal Wildlife Trafficking In Global Supply Chains
There Are 8 Boundaries For a Safe Planet. To Be Fair, Earth Would Fail 7 of Them.
Things that go buzz in the night – our global study found there really are more insects out after dark
Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually it’s too cheap, and our world-famous cafes are paying the price
This Bold Plan to Kick the World’s Coal Habit Might Actually Work
This Is The World’s CHEAPEST Solar Powered Car
This One Thing Is Killing The Planet
‘This too shall pass.’ World-first study proves the power of mental health recovery stories
Tickle vs Giggle: in a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia
To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?
Tons of Chocolate and Wine Arrive on World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat
Tracking national ambition towards a global tripling of renewables
The Trailblazing First Generation Computer the World Forgot
Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms
Traveling through the world’s most traffic-heavy city just got a lot quicker—and greener
Tripling Global Renewables by 2030
“Trumpian Thinking” Is Why the World Has an Empathy Problem
Tuesday was world’s hottest day on record – breaking Monday’s record
Ukraine war: two good reasons the world should worry about Russia’s arms purchases from North Korea
Ukraine's "Russian warship, go f... yourself" post stamp wins world's most prestigious award celebrating achievements in mail industry
UN adopts new global rules to reduce chemicals harm
The UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must do
UN recognizes 10 pioneering initiatives that are restoring the natural world
Undersea cables are the unseen backbone of the global internet
UNESCO adds 18 new sites to its global geoparks network
UNESCO Just Named 42 New World Heritage Sites—Here’s the Full List
Unmitigated COVID is overwhelming hospital systems- globally.
UN’s ‘global stocktake’ on climate offers a sobering emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress
Unveiling the enigmatic world of moths: from ancient pollinators to whistling wonders
Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
The US just issued the world’s strongest action yet on regulating AI. Here’s what to expect
Vaccine hesitancy is one of the greatest threats to global health – and the pandemic has made it worse
Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds
Visualising the global flow of 35 million refugees
War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World
‘WA’s Christmas tree’: what mungee, the world’s largest mistletoe, can teach us about treading lightly
Watch This: The Longest Cycle Tunnel in the World is Opening Next Month
We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?
‘We are gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers’: Peter Singer on climate change
‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
We are poised to pass 1.5°C of global warming – world leaders offer 4 ways to manage this dangerous time
We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why
We studied more than 1,500 coastal ecosystems - they will drown if we let the world warm above 2℃
‘We used to give hope to the world’: is Costa Rica’s green halo fading?
We're on The Verge of Breaching a Key Global Warming Limit
West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes
What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
What El Niño means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points
What If the Robots Were Very Nice While They Took Over the World?
What the World Can Learn From Canada's Carbon Pricing Systems
What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply
What’s the Value of 3 Million LPs in a Digital World?
When will global greenhouse gas emissions peak?
Where did the ingredients in that sandwich come from? Our global nutrient tracker tells a complex story
Where to Find the Energy to Save the World
WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance pass the mid-point of the global 10-year strategy to eliminate yellow fever epidemics
Why 2024 could be a grim year for Ukraine – with momentous implications for the world
Why a game in which you look for a real, live pink elephant could help save the world
Why China Could Surprise the World by Being the First Country to Adopt Universal Basic Income
Why Didn’t America Become Part of the Modern World?
Why do Israelis and the rest of the world view the Gaza conflict so differently? And can this disconnect be overcome?
Why Indonesia wants Australia’s help to supply the world with electric vehicles and batteries
Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks
Why only Degrowth Will Save The World
Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system
Why taxing the world’s biggest companies at 15% won’t fix the gaping hole in global tax rules
Why the World Is Betting Against American Democracy
Why we split the world into good and evil — and make decisions we regret
The Wild and Crazy World of “Cutthroat Compounds”
Wild bird feeding surged worldwide during lockdowns. That’s good for people, but not necessarily for the birds
Wildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire
Will the world see more wars or unrest in 2024? Here are 5 hotspots to watch
Will Ukraine be able to win over the Global South in its fight against Russian aggression?
The Woman Who Opened the World’s First Museum in 500 BCE
Work has conquered every day of the week. How do we remain human in a world that worships toil?
World Bank Decries Disastrous Fossil Fuel, Agriculture, & Fisheries Subsidies
World Bank freezes loans to Uganda because of anti-gay laws. But it doesn’t mean it’s becoming a human rights watchdog
World Bank Project Connects More than a Million Moroccans to Clean Water
World Bank warns oil price could soar to record $150 a barrel
The World Could Benefit From China Clearing Up Its Smog
World Energy Outlook 2023
World first: malaria vaccine rollout begins in Cameroon
The world has made substantial progress in increasing basic levels of education
World Health Network Infographics
World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
World Heritage Fraser Island officially restored to Indigenous name, K'gari, supported by public
The World Is Full of Sleeping Beauties
The world is in an abusive relationship with fossil fuels. Now is the time to leave
The World Is Running Out of Male Sea Turtles
The world is still falling short on limiting climate change, according to U.N. report
World may already be 1.7C warmer according to Puerto Rican sea sponge record
World Ocean Day: How much plastic is in our oceans?
The World Of Web Browsers Is In A Bad Way
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