Nineteenth-century European settlement is often depicted as a triumphal ‘taming of nature’. But does that collective memory impede more honest appraisals of the environmental risks we face today?
Cultural burning practices can clear out flammable plant materials that lead to bushfires.
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This NAIDOC Week, with the effects of climate change affecting Australia, It’s beyond time to listen to First Nations people who have extensive knowledge of caring for Country.
This Plastic Free July, we need to be teaching children to demand less plastic from the world’s worst producers instead of expecting change from individual recycling efforts.
Plastic waste from land based sources pollute the beaches and other water bodies.
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Sustainable fashion collaborations show that living an eco-friendly life can be fun - here’s how popular shows can help dismantle consumerism altogether.
PFAS, often used in water-resistant gear, also find their way into drinking water and human bodies.
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These chemicals are now present in water, soil and living organisms and can be found across almost every part of the planet – including 98% of the American public.
Greenhouse gases emitted today linger in the atmosphere for years to centuries.
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Thanks to humans, the concentration of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now 50% higher than before the industrial era. These gases are raising Earth’s temperature.
Seagrasses form dense meadows in shallow seas worldwide.
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The Stockholm Conference in June 1972 launched five decades of international negotiations on everything from biodiversity to climate change.
Alain Libondo (17) left, and Nsinku Zihindula (25), hammering at solid rock to find cassiterite and coltan at Szibira, South Kivu.
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Coltan is indispensable to the making of modern electronic devices but its mining causes human and environmental disasters in the DR Congo.
Although it is important to have a diversity of tree species in urban landscapes, planting and protecting taller species should be strongly encouraged.
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In June 1972, the first United Nations conference on the human environment coincided with the release of David Bowie’s iconic Ziggy Stardust album. Both still feel disturbingly relevant today
The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter.
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Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.
Farmers in some regions are being encouraged to preserve and establish grasslands that can survive drought and protect the soil.
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La Niña is only part of the problem. The long-term driver of increasing drought – even in areas getting more rainfall overall – is the rapidly warming climate.
A 50-year experiment shows warmer, ‘thirstier’ air may have cut the lifespan of Queensland’s tropical trees in half since the 1980s.
Drought in Navajo Nation. Indigenous people around the world are dealing with many environmental problems, such as access to water.
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