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A sustainable food system starts with a fairer corporate structure. It won’t simply come from a shift in consumer habits during Veganuary’s push for people to eat a more plant-based diet. Here’s why.
As the plant-based campaign celebrates its tenth anniversary, researchers are analysing how Veganuary could be having a substantial impact on British diets.
Microplastic pollution is a growing problem − one lab is looking at tiny insects as inspiration for how these pollutants might move through water.
Floodwaters pulsing into the sea normally clear within six days. But the 2022 floods in eastern Australia were different.
Contrary to popular beliefs, salt extraction has never been detrimental to the survival of the pink lake; instead, it prevents its asphyxiation.
A survey of Miami-Dade residents found bipartisan support for protecting Biscayne Bay − though most locals were not aware of the extent of its decline in recent years.
At one time, perhaps as many as 2 million gray wolves roamed the North American continent. But now those numbers are down to a few thousand.
Being out in nature is beneficial for both us and our dogs – but we can’t forget about the wildlife that calls it home.
Invasive species such as deer, pigs and rabbits might help boost native predator populations.
When people first came to Australia 65,000 years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. Then the seas rose, drought and floods came – and still people endured.
One way to protect our ecosystems is to confer legal rights on them. This idea is at the heart of the ‘rights of nature’ movement – but Australia has few examples of this principle in action.
Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus.
With a record hot summer expected, will rooftop solar cover our need to be cool?
Grassfires are normal in central and northern Australia. But fast-growing invasive grasses are supercharging grassfires – and this summer looks like it will be big.
Australia’s federal government has been hollowed out in recent decades. But states can – and still do – deliver. That’s why they are the main drivers of climate action.
Trains once carried most of our freight. Could a return to rail help us meet our emissions cutting goals?
Legally binding deals struck with landholders can help protect and restore the environment over the long term.
Every two years, we get an updated plan for the future of Australia’s main grid. Under the new plan, coal vanishes even faster.
Yes, there was some progress at COP28. But the international community is not taking this enormous climate challenge as seriously as it should.
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor in Oceanography, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
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Research Assistant, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
