When you think of a South American rainforest, you probably don’t imagine biting winds, heavy frosts and freezing temperatures. But in the mountains of southern Brazil, that’s exactly what you…
There’s nothing like gliding down a snow-covered slope. That’s if you ask the thousands of people that make an annual pilgrimage to our alpine resorts during the Australian winter. But…
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday July 6 “Your article regarding…
Keir Starmer resigned as Labour leader with opinion polls indicating he was the most unpopular prime minister in modern times. This is despite the fact he had secured the second-highest…
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During the 2018 drought in Cape Town, South Africa, people had to queue to collect natural spring water for drinking. Mark Fisher/Shutterstock Published: June 24, 2026 5:52am EDT England is…
Images of families displaced by floods, prolonged droughts or extreme storms have become a distressingly regular feature of the daily news. As the impact of climate change intensifies, so does…