In this episode, two Indigenous scientists running collaborative labs to address our climate crisis offer some ideas for environmental justice, including a redefinition of pollution.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
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Colonialism is manifested by the way pollution impacts the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Two Indigenous environmental scientists discuss how they’ve overcome obstacles in their research.
Africa was divided by European imperialists depending on what each desired in natural resources
Western methods of preserving history have excluded Indigenous stories. How can we include Indigenous narratives and their methods of maintaining history?
Research shows white male voices tend to dominate climate discussions - this must change if we are to halt environmental destruction.
Researchers are uncovering how microplastic particles are carried in wind, rain and snow to remote regions of our planet.
Humanity faces an extraordinary threat - why are so many of us not motivated into action?
Hooking trees up to internet-connected sensors provides a new way to study how they interact with the environment - and how the public interacts with their tweets.
Research shows climate change is already affecting the healthy psychological development of children worldwide. Children’s mental health risks will only accelerate as climate change advances.
Recent sighting of a leopard in the Campo-Ma’an National Park area of Southern Cameroon shows the importance of conservation efforts.
Canadians are faced with an unwanted election that’s placed climate progress at unnecessary risk.
High levels of lead were unexpectedly found in 14 UK schools’ drinking water: so how much do we really know about what’s in our pipes?
Africa’s Great Green Wall must immediately speed up to meet the needs of people along the edges of the Sahara Desert.
Towering trees in African tropical mountain forests are a vital, overlooked carbon store threatened by deforestation.
Less attractive endangered species don’t tend to receive the same public attention as their more beautiful counterparts: new studies show how we might help change that.
New research shows how fracking could pose a threat to surface water quality, with consequences for human and environmental health.
Biogas is often overlooked as a source of renewable energy, but it could be a solution to dealing with the 9.5 million tonnes of food waste created by the UK every year.
Private developers, building professionals and the government all share responsibility for building collapses.
As the pandemic pushes healthcare online, it’s time to stop overlooking the environmental impacts.
Pop-up spaces can be successful, they just need to be better thought through and created with urban ecology in mind rather than economics.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National 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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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Research Assistant, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
