If a whale comes across a patch of kelp, it may well start playing with it. This practice may also be useful to rid whales of unwanted passengers.
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New research reveals the environmental impact of keeping tropical fish as household pets – but there are ways to reduce it.
You might look at the task ahead of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels and despair. But we’ve changed energy sources many times before – and it’s never a straightforward process.
Nature positive is the new rallying cry to reverse environmental decline. But it could easily become greenwash – if we’re not careful.
We’ve wasted a lot of time delaying climate action. As the damage becomes ever clearer, it’s time to accelerate the transition.
While most board games are designed for one person to win, climate change games are about saving the world.
Newcomers in Australia found and took rich pastures made by Aboriginal fire. Without fire, pastures would revert to forest or scrub.
Invasive ants are a major threat to biodiversity, according to a study.
We’ve become so good at using the Earth’s resources we’re endangering the systems we rely on.
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
The northern summer was marked by intense fires and heat. Now it’s our turn to face the heat.
Many researchers are exploring high-tech ways to help reefs survive the climate crisis. But low-tech solutions like manually pulling out seaweed have a place too.
Australia has almost 1.8 million farm dams – and some are home to threatened frog species
July was the hottest month on record – and took us past 1.5 degrees. But one month isn’t the same as failing to meet our Paris Agreement goals
We all know climate change makes extreme weather more likely. But it’s also loading the dice for quick-forming drought, sudden and intense rainfall and fast-forming tropical storms.
People living in rural areas perceive the threat of climate change to be lower than people in cities.
Most fire climate regimes in Australia shifted abruptly around the year 2000 – greatly increasing fire risk.
Nanoparticles have contributed to profound medical advances like the COVID-19 vaccine, but without oversight, they pose ethical and environmental issues.
Our research has found 30,000 farm dams which could be used as energy storage. Solar by day, hydro by night.
Coral has been incorporated into traditions, art and even religion in communities around the world.
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