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Who pays the price for natural disasters like Cyclone Alfred? 

Who pays the price for natural disasters like Cyclone Alfred? 

Race, class, and resilience continue to shape the climate crisis, as Australia’s East coast is hit by a deadly typhoon.  In the early days of March, Australia’s east coast – home to the country’s most populous cities including Sydney and Brisbane – was hit by a storm that, despite being downgraded to a tropic low, left a significant trail of devastation in its path. Cyclone Alfred has resulted in widespread power...

By Brighton, UK
Underwater ‘doorbell’ helping scientists to catch coral-eating fish

Underwater ‘doorbell’ helping scientists to catch coral-eating fish

Scientists in Florida used cameras to identify three corallivorous fish species that ate 97% of the coral initially laid out as bait in a controlled experiment. This information will help to tackle the massive decline in Florida’s coral reef populations.   Did you assume that doorbells were only for… well, doors? You thought wrong. Scientists in Florida are using underwater ‘doorbell’ cameras to monitor and identify certain types of fish that...

By Bristol, UK
The Amazon is being destroyed for a climate summit

The Amazon is being destroyed for a climate summit

Yep, you read that correctly. We’re living through peak dystopian greenwashing.  There’s something morbidly poetic about bulldozing eight miles of pristine Amazon rainforest to build a road to a… climate summit. A new four-lane highway has cut through tens of thousands of acres of land ahead of COP30, which takes place in the Brazilian city of Belém. The goal is to reduce traffic as around 50,000 people descend on the...

By Brighton, UK
Number of women doctors surpasses men in the UK

Number of women doctors surpasses men in the UK

In Great Britain, the rise of female doctors is a triumph worth celebrating amid pervasive gender inequality worldwide.  For the first time ever in the UK, female doctors now outnumber their male peers. Women now make up 50.04% of the nation’s registered doctors, a shift that coincides fittingly with International Women’s Day. According to the General Medical Council (GMC), the number of women on its register has overtaken men for...

By Brighton, UK