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For a long time it was not believed that animals were even capable of feeling pain, let alone complex emotions. We now know that is far from the truth.
Shark nets seem like they should reduce shark attacks. But as these events are so rare and variable anyway, proving it statistically is no mean feat.
The real threats to dugongs and turtles are not being addressed.
OPEC’s recent decision to cut supply is a classic move from the oil cartel playbook. But in today’s era, there are many more players and game-changing technologies on the field.
The government’s latest report to UNESCO on the Great Barrier Reef paints a rosy picture.
The need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a major challenge to cheap electricity.
Extreme wet years are getting wetter and more common. This means Australia’s terrestrial ecosystems will play a larger role in the global carbon cycle.
Germany’s energy transition is often held up as an incredible success story. So what can Australia learn?
Somehow we need to grow more food to feed an expanding population while minimising the problems associated with nitrogen fertiliser use.
Australia will almost certainly miss its water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef.
In the coming weeks, Parks Australia will release a 2mm wasp on Christmas Island to control the island’s yellow crazy ant infestation.
Batteries aren’t the only type of storage, and all types of storage have their role to play in the future grid.
Up to 236,000 tonnes of microplastic enter our oceans each year.
While the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting an increase in the average temperature this summer, entomologists are forecasting an increase in insect activity.
Whatever our electricity grid looks like in the future, it will need to be reliable.
Our cities need to become much more efficient not just to conserve precious resources but to improve the economy, wellbeing and resilience to environmental change and disasters.
Natural disasters are on the rise due to climate change, displacing millions of people each year. A new international initiative is aiming to improve the way governments respond to such crises.
After ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change, the government is looking ahead to its 2017 review of climate change policy.
Tempers have flared once again over the long-term plan to return water to the Murray-Darling River and improve its health.
Australia’s electricity and climate agendas aren’t on the same page.
Ships in Australian waters are getting bigger and more numerous all the time. We need a plan to help them avoid crashing into whales and other large sea creatures.
Two-thirds of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef have died on in the reef’s worst-ever bleaching event, according to the latest underwater surveys.
America’s coal heartland is delighted with Donald Trump’s election win. But like King Canute, he can’t turn back the tide of the global market push away from coal and towards renewables.
China has pledged to peak carbon emissions before 2030, but is planning a 20% increase in coal power by 2020.