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When Europeans first arrived in Australia’s Southwest, they found vast tracts of huge jarrah trees. Now, after logging and dwindling rainfall, only a handful of these giants remain.
As the world warms, Antarctica’s melting ice will likely reach the point of no return.
Drugs, new materials and even more creative uses: biodiversity is full of potential.
Despite its long idle, Melbourne’s desalination plant plays a vital role in providing water in a drying climate.
After fighting the 1990 election on a stronger climate platform than Labor, the following two decades saw an ebb and flow of climate scepticism in the Liberal Party, which still continues today.
Fossil fuel emissions are slowing, but another major climate problem is becoming clear: food production.
It seems like a ‘no brainer’ to use urban greening to help cities adapt to increasing heat, but the uptake of green infrastructure, such as trees and vegetated roofs, surfaces and walls, is slow. Why?
Be thankful you aren’t a male redback spider.
Methane is a stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and Australia’s coal mines are a major source.
Antarctica’s blue whales all feed in the same place. But a new genetic analysis suggests they are actually three separate populations that breed in different parts of the globe.
Record-breaking years have been almost impossible without human-caused climate change.
Ice cores tell us vital information about how the world’s climate has changed - and how it will change in the future.
As consumption has soared and prices have fallen, the realities of industrial chicken farming often clash with the values of people who live on the urban fringes where broiler farms are sited.
Sydney is in the process of smashing the record for the longest run of days above 26°C. Weather, El Nino and climate change are all playing their part.
A new analysis suggests that, all things considered, renewables are actually better than coal at lifting India’s energy-poor out of poverty.
Australian cities should be made to work for all inhabitants. This involves evenly spreading the disadvantages of industrial and commercial activities as well as the advantages of good access to services.
Marine scientists have been accused of being biased towards ‘doom and gloom’. But it’s not bias if the outlook for coral reefs really is gloomy.
More than half of the remaining habitat for Queensland’s southern black-throated finches is potentially subject to mining development. If these mines go ahead, it will be bad news for these birds.
Australians eat a lot of water. Nearly 500 L is required to produce the food each of us eats every day.
Our homes harbour hundreds of species of insects and their relatives.
The cutting of senior staff from WaterNSW, the body that oversees the safety of Sydney’s water supply, poses serious risks to Australia’s most complex water network.
Australian birds are arguably among the smartest in the world, displaying complex behaviours comparable to those observed in great apes.
There’s enough water under the ground to form a lake 100m deep over the earth.
There are birds we love to hate, such as the Noisy Miner. But much of the annoying behaviour on show may be a result of human-induced changes to habitats.