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A single seagrass plant in Shark Bay is around 4,500 years old, covers 200 square kilometres of seabed, and thrives in harsh conditions.
The Stockholm Conference in June 1972 launched five decades of international negotiations on everything from biodiversity to climate change.
An invasive Australian tree is exploiting ever-stronger hurricanes.
Domestic political tensions is undermining the country’s ambitions to act as a global role model.
The rise of teals and Greens challenges Labor to take more ambitious climate action, but room to move is constrained by pre-election commitments.
Island states are often dependent on expensive imported fossil fuels for their power. Ocean thermal energy conversion plants could provide constant power – if technical issues can be overcome.
Environmentalists are worried the shift to green energy means damage from more mines. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The new prime minister seems to have the temperament that would favour a collaborative approach. He could usher in a golden era of stable government, with more generous and compassionate politics.
The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use.
These crucial ecosystems are being battered by lots of different threats that are combining to make the matter worse.
The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.
We can use AI to protect nature and human health. But first, we have to expand AI beyond being entirely human-centred.
The Albanese government’s insistence on maintaining a booming coal export industry will hamper Australia’s comeback.
Successful management of shared fish stocks depends on countries’ collaborative efforts and adaptation to a changing world.
Millions of people around the world live on river deltas and are vulnerable when those rivers shift direction. A new study shows why and where these events, called avulsions, happen.
A study found $1.4 trillion in oil and gas industry assets would be at risk if governments follow through on their pledges to deal with climate change.
Universities in Kenya should be more sensitive to national policies aimed at addressing the effects of climate change.
Decommodifying energy could ensure no one dies because they can’t afford to pay a bill.
And after India banned wheat exports in May due to the high temperatures, we find out how vulnerable crops are to extreme heat. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
