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At long last, the Gillard Government’s carbon price is law. On July 1 next year, approximately 500 of our biggest companies will start paying the government $23 for every tonne of greenhouse gas they emit…
New research from CSIRO finds that marine life needs to relocate faster than land species to keep up with changing temperatures…
Coral reefs around the world are under pressure from multiple threats. A burgeoning gas industry – such as that near Gladstone – is one of the newest of these. Pollution, sedimentation, declining water…
By now most of us have read articles suggesting we “eat less red meat and save the planet”. Some may also have heard statements by the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr Rajendra…
Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other. Without this harmony…
Up to a quarter of seaweed species in southern Australian waters could face extinction due to global warming. New research…
What if the world left it too long to take action on global climate change? Is there a way we could somehow cool the planet before an environmental crisis occurs? Geo-engineering is a potential course…
Wealthy countries have committed to mobilise up to $US100 billion a year by 2020 for climate change action in developing countries. This is almost as much as the total amount of aid provided globally each…
CHOGM: As the leaders of Commonwealth nations prepare to meet in Perth this week, The Conversation is examining the role of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting. In our second…
Significant increases in annual temperatures are having a devastating affect on glaciers in the mountainous regions of south-western…
Climate scientists say the world’s target to stay below a global warming of 2 degrees, made at the United Nations conference…
The Australian Alps cover some 1.64 million hectares, 0.3% of the Australian continent. Included on the National Heritage register, they are of major environmental significance and home to rare and endangered…
Country-by-country estimates of CO2 emissions typically include only those emissions produced from the burning of fossil…
The Pacific Island State of Tuvalu recently reported that it had just days of water supply left for its population of 10,000. The Government has declared a state of emergency and rationed each household…
In a review of past studies researchers have found that 38 of 85 documented plants and animals have shrunk in size due to…
Researchers are using tiny video cameras to study how high-carbon ecosystems respond to elevated temperatures and levels…
By growing and analysing a number of strains of the mustard plant Arabidopsis, researchers have made steps toward developing…
The carbon tax bills passed by the Australian House of Representatives on October 12 were a small vindication of climate science. But we should be concerned about the corpses of science, reason and expertise…
Australian businesses are facing a significant new policy regime with the passing of the Federal Government’s controversial emissions trading legislative package through the House of Representatives. As…
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