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Australia’s wheat harvest has stalled over the past 26 years, and worsening weather is to blame.
The goals are clear: clean, cheap, reliable energy. But no-one can agree how we get there.
A five-year project announced today will implement an innovative water-sensitive approach tailored to informal settlements. The goal is to revitalise 24 communities in Fiji and Indonesia.
With circuses on the wane, are our attitudes towards animals improving?
From fisheries to forestry, there’s a pattern to collapsing ecosystems and industries. If we can predict them, maybe we can avoid the damage.
The social cost of carbon – which calculates the impact of carbon emissions – plays a key role in US climate policy.
The idea of clean coal has been around for 40 years, but remains a pipe dream.
2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record. How can we adapt?
Australia needs stronger policy aimed at curbing air pollution, but the options currently on the table fall short. For now, we could all aim to drive less and turn off the engine when the car is idle.
Japan is once again allegedly killing whales in Antarctica. But after taking Japan to international court in 2014, there’s not much Australia can do.
Lead contamination remains a persistent issue in urban soils.
Before you spend up on heating and cooling, here are a few simple retrofits to try first.
As the weather heats up, Australian households won’t just be cranking up the air conditioning for themselves. Some households will also be turning it on for their dogs or cats.
With little hope of finding alternatives to jet fuel, we need to seriously consider a world without flying.
Research based on palaeological flood records suggests floods as big as those that hit Brisbane in 2011 may be more common than we think.
Social media is a great way to to share tips, knowledge and expertise - including about how to reduce the environmental footprint of your home.
Is your New Year’s resolution to cut your food waste? The answer could be closer than you think.
2016 was Australia’s fourth warmest year on record, capping off the hottest decade.
Is providing birds with food and water making them too dependent? Or are gardens just the new frontier of Australia’s urban landscape? New research aims to find out.
After Christmas, and the Boxing Day sales, it seems like a good time to ask: what is the purpose of all this consumption?
Power-hungry houses that rely on air conditioning to make up for their bad design mean that the electricity grid has to cope with summer demand peaks – and everybody pays.
If you thought the climate debate has been ugly, you haven’t seen anything yet. In 2017 Australia will review its climate policies, and the process is not off to a good start.
The 1992 and 1993 cabinet papers confirm that Australia was a reluctant player in international discussions about climate change and environmental issues under Prime Minister Paul Keating.
It is possible to use small spaces such as transport corridors, verges and the edges of sporting grounds for native wildlife habitat restoration, helping to bring biodiversity back into cities.