Going nuclear in Australia would mean overcoming a set of almost impossible obstacles, from legal to financial, regulatory and workforce.
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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
H5N1 is the latest evidence that climate change is altering how viruses spread and evolve. It is essential that global public health officials take these dynamics into account.
Hybrid vehicles are having a real moment in Australia and overseas. The problem is, they’re not as clean as we think.
Climate modelling wields huge influence on governments and investors’ decisions. Yet, researchers point out a lack of precision.
Research shows climate change carries greater risks for unborn babies than previously thought. Some of the alarming effects of global warming may include worsening health and wellbeing in later life.
The Coalition’s nuclear policy announcement leaves many burning questions. Exactly what kind of reactors will be built? Who will build them? And how much they will cost?
Weakening climate ambition as China strengthens its climate targets would undercut Australia’s strategy in our Pacific region.
A historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and also the exploitation of their sacred traditions in present times.
Understanding the evolution of purple algae could help us to protect glaciers.
The End We Start From is an ecological disaster story set in a near-future London besieged by floods – as seen through the eyes of a new mother.
By pledging no new fossil fuel licenses, the UK Labour party could aid a new international norm.
The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.
If Australia is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Coalition needs to stump up with a plan to decarbonise the entire economy.
There is growing evidence that termites have a substantial, but still poorly understood, role in the carbon cycle.
Two states have banned native forest logging, but it’s still happening in the others.
New research has revealed the scale of the carbon-storage potential of the seabeds around Canada, conservation efforts must take this new data into account.
In a big-target strategy, characterised by a truck load of negativity, as well as laced with a dash of policy adventurism, Peter Dutton is taking the Liberals right back to Tony Abbott’s days.
Howling winds take sea salt from the Southern Ocean and lay it down in Antarctica as snow, then ice. Hidden in these ice cores is a warning about Australian fire seasons.
Several governments are considering bans on adverts for high-emission products and services.
The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are successfully cutting emissions.
Here’s how to reduce heat-related health risks during major sporting events, from the Summer Olympics to test cricket. Athletes, officials, spectators and volunteers all need to take responsibility.
In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.
Sea cucumbers have been overharvested for centuries. At the same time, coral reefs have declined as well. Research suggests that saving the former may help restore the latter.
Dutton on Tuesday reaffirmed the opposition was committed to the net zero by 2050 target but said they would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the next election.
Significant diplomatic and economic repercussions would result from Australia watering down our 2030 targets.