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The world has lost 10% of its wilderness areas in the past 20 years and, with it, vast stores of carbon.
As BP plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, questions can be asked about whether it has made the right changes to its working practices to avoid a repeat of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Kangaroo Island’s electricity link to the mainland needs replacing. But a new analysis shows that for roughly the same price, the island could move to independent, local renewable energy sources.
A comprehensive analysis of Tasmania’s natural disaster risks has identified bushfire as the biggest threat, alongside emerging issues such as disease epidemics and heatwaves.
Environment and energy minister Josh Frydenberg said that eight out of Australia’s 12 most emission intensive power stations closed in the last five years. Is that right?
If Perth can preserve the rich biodiversity of its setting, it will become a model for sustainable city development that fully connects with the value of natural ecosystem services.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has survived, amid a groundswell of domestic and overseas support. Its budget has been chopped, but here’s how it can still drive the renewable energy revolution.
Plant blindness is more than an interesting quirk of human perception. It impacts on our efforts to care for and understand plant species.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is saved - albeit with less money.
Risk management for climate change is starting to impact our day-to-day lives.
When Australia joins the 71st UN General Assembly, it will reflect on its progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. But where do we start to achieve these complex and interlinked ambitions?
The pressure for organisations to divest from fossil fuels is coming from institutions with relatively little financial clout. But soon the richest and most powerful will have no choice but to join in.
Just like humans, corals live with myriad microscopic organisms. We are just starting to understand this unseen world.
The Grampians, like much of Australia, has swung from Millennium Drought to Big Wet and back again, putting animal populations on a rollercoaster that could get worse as climate change bites.
We always hear that renewable energy is getting cheaper, but what does that really mean?
By taking a leaf out of how plants produce energy, we’ve already created hydrogen fuels. But what if we take things further.
We’ve building in the sea for centuries, and it’s putting our oceans out of balance.
This week’s Pacific Islands Forum is the region’s premier multilateral summit. But members have begun turning elsewhere out of frustration with Australia’s climate negotiation tactics.
More of Australia’s oceans should be placed under high protection, according to the latest marine reserves review.
Horses need to be removed from Australia’s mountains. The debate now is around ethics and their role in Australian culture.
Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, which languished for years, the Paris climate agreement is rocketing towards the threshold for it to enter into international law – leaving Australia in its wake.
New research shows protected areas are doing well at protecting large, iconic wildlife, but less well at helping smaller species.
Two members of the Climate Change Authority offer an alternative view on its latest report, arguing that the recommendations are not in line with Australia’s international climate obligations.
We tend to think of the oceans as quiet, when in fact they’re anything but. Noise is the “forgotten pollutant”, but the good news is that unlike many other pollutants it can be switched off if we try.