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THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment

Australian school students are experimenting with 'space veggies' in a NASA initiative

Australian school students are experimenting with ...

1 year ago 78

Australia's new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions

Australia's new dawn: becoming a green superpower ...

1 year ago 59

We must assess 'cumulative impacts' to protect nature from death by a thousand cuts

We must assess 'cumulative impacts' to protect nat...

1 year ago 52

Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate the problems they try to solve – a new tool hopes to correct that

Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate t...

1 year ago 76

What to wear for a climate crisis

What to wear for a climate crisis

1 year ago 53

Growing your own food and foraging can help tackle your ballooning grocery bill. Here's how

Growing your own food and foraging can help tackle...

1 year ago 51

All mines close. How can mining towns like Mount Isa best manage the ups and downs?

All mines close. How can mining towns like Mount I...

1 year ago 43

Beyond Juukan Gorge: how First Nations people are taking charge of clean energy projects on their land

Beyond Juukan Gorge: how First Nations people are ...

1 year ago 61

National road-user charges are needed – and most people are open to it, our research shows

National road-user charges are needed – and most p...

1 year ago 57

Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea from the start. Let's not make the same mistake again

Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea fro...

1 year ago 50

Remember the climate map from your school atlas? Here's what climate change is doing to it

Remember the climate map from your school atlas? H...

1 year ago 39

From meerkat school to whale-tail slapping and oyster smashing, how clever predators shape their world

From meerkat school to whale-tail slapping and oys...

1 year ago 49

How to beat 'rollout rage': the environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia

How to beat 'rollout rage': the environment-versus...

1 year ago 72

Cleaning up Australia's 80,000 disused mines is a huge job – but the payoffs can outweigh the costs

Cleaning up Australia's 80,000 disused mines is a ...

1 year ago 86

The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem

The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligi...

1 year ago 60

The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable

The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need n...

1 year ago 94

It's good the High Court overturned Victoria's questionable EV tax. But there's a sting in the tail

It's good the High Court overturned Victoria's que...

1 year ago 35

Young crown-of-thorns starfish can survive heatwaves. That's yet more bad news for the Great Barrier Reef

Young crown-of-thorns starfish can survive heatwav...

1 year ago 79

The original and still the best: why it's time to renew Australia's renewable energy policy

The original and still the best: why it's time to ...

1 year ago 57

Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises won’t work – changing basic human behaviours must come first

Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises wo...

1 year ago 58

Climate change will affect solar power and grid stability across Australia – here's how

Climate change will affect solar power and grid st...

1 year ago 55

More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble

More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to...

1 year ago 52

The smarter the magpie, the better they can handle our noisy cities

The smarter the magpie, the better they can handle...

1 year ago 50

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali ...

1 year ago 72

Could 'marine cloud brightening' reduce coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?

Could 'marine cloud brightening' reduce coral blea...

1 year ago 54

We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of our own oceans – it’s time to ramp up observations closer to home

We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of...

1 year ago 54

Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather in seas off Perth. They need protection

Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather...

1 year ago 55

Slime after slime: why those biofilms you slip on in rivers are vitally important

Slime after slime: why those biofilms you slip on ...

1 year ago 61

The human factor: why Australia's net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair

The human factor: why Australia's net zero transit...

1 year ago 57

How do I know if a rental house is mouldy before I sign the lease? 12 things to check

How do I know if a rental house is mouldy before I...

1 year ago 57

We found 3 types of food wasters, which one are you?

We found 3 types of food wasters, which one are yo...

1 year ago 43

For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct

For generations, killer whales and First Nations h...

1 year ago 54

A successful energy transition depends on managing when people use power. So how do we make demand more flexible?

A successful energy transition depends on managing...

1 year ago 68

If we protect mangroves, we protect our fisheries, our towns and ourselves

If we protect mangroves, we protect our fisheries,...

1 year ago 60

Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it

Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a ...

1 year ago 77

Even temporary global warming above 2℃ will affect life in the oceans for centuries

Even temporary global warming above 2℃ will affect...

1 year ago 42

Early heat and insect strike are stressing urban trees – even as canopy cover drops

Early heat and insect strike are stressing urban t...

1 year ago 44

The Nullarbor's rich cultural history, vast cave systems and unique animals all deserve better protection

The Nullarbor's rich cultural history, vast cave s...

1 year ago 80

There's a hidden source of excess nutrients suffocating the Great Barrier Reef. We found it

There's a hidden source of excess nutrients suffoc...

1 year ago 98

New Zealand’s carbon emissions are on the way down – thanks in part to policies now under threat

New Zealand’s carbon emissions are on the way down...

1 year ago 56

The Voice could advise on how to address natural disasters like bushfires

The Voice could advise on how to address natural d...

1 year ago 84

6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now

6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking righ...

1 year ago 80

It's not just Victoria's iconic mountain ash trees at risk – it's every species in their community

It's not just Victoria's iconic mountain ash trees...

1 year ago 55

Suicide rates jumped after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies

Suicide rates jumped after extreme drought in the ...

1 year ago 64

Made in America: how Biden's climate package is fuelling the global drive to net zero

Made in America: how Biden's climate package is fu...

1 year ago 54

It wasn't just a tree: why it feels so bad to lose the iconic Sycamore Gap tree and others like it

It wasn't just a tree: why it feels so bad to lose...

1 year ago 108

Bradfield's pipedream: irrigating Australia's deserts won't increase rainfall, new modelling shows

Bradfield's pipedream: irrigating Australia's dese...

1 year ago 37

Have some economists severely underestimated the financial hit from climate change? Recent evidence suggests yes

Have some economists severely underestimated the f...

1 year ago 46

Even platypuses aren't safe from bushfires – a new DNA study tracks their disappearance

Even platypuses aren't safe from bushfires – a new...

1 year ago 58

Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don't protect species for their cultural significance

Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodia...

1 year ago 59