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THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment

Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s second biggest river – and climate change will make it even worse

Dams have taken half the water from Australia’s se...

4 weeks ago 38

Exploring the extraordinary potential (and avoiding the pitfalls) of your local Buy Nothing group

Exploring the extraordinary potential (and avoidin...

4 weeks ago 29

NZ must step up to protect its own oceans to match international commitments made at Commonwealth leaders’ meeting

NZ must step up to protect its own oceans to match...

1 month ago 44

NZ must step up to protect its own oceans to match international commitments made at Commonwealth leaders’ meeting

NZ must step up to protect its own oceans to match...

1 month ago 31

5 things you can do to end the biodiversity crisis as the world talks about it at COP16

5 things you can do to end the biodiversity crisis...

1 month ago 27

5 things you can do to end the biodiversity crisis as the world talks about it at COP16

5 things you can do to end the biodiversity crisis...

1 month ago 22

Individual action on climate was tarred as greenwashing or virtue signalling. But it still has a place

Individual action on climate was tarred as greenwa...

1 month ago 37

Individual action on climate was tarred as greenwashing or virtue signalling. But it still has a place

Individual action on climate was tarred as greenwa...

1 month ago 34

215 million hectares of forest – an area bigger than Mexico – could grow back by itself, if we can just leave it alone

215 million hectares of forest – an area bigger th...

1 month ago 39

Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why

Earth’s climate will keep changing long after huma...

1 month ago 34

State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise

State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring h...

1 month ago 48

You can keep your ghosts and ghouls – the ‘Cordyceps’ fungus creates real-life zombies

You can keep your ghosts and ghouls – the ‘Cordyce...

1 month ago 27

Why building more big dams is a costly gamble for our future water security and the environment

Why building more big dams is a costly gamble for ...

1 month ago 31

Spreading crushed rock over farmland can remove CO₂ from the atmosphere if we do it right

Spreading crushed rock over farmland can remove CO...

1 month ago 29

Dingoes are not mating with dogs – but that could soon change if the culling continues

Dingoes are not mating with dogs – but that could ...

1 month ago 27

Queensland election signals both major parties accept pumped hydro and the renewable energy transition as inevitable

Queensland election signals both major parties acc...

1 month ago 40

Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps

Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Fo...

1 month ago 32

Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps

Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Fo...

1 month ago 26

‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: Pacific nations dial up pressure on Australia’s fossil fuel exports

‘We will not allow others to determine our fate’: ...

1 month ago 34

Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management

Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenou...

1 month ago 39

Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management

Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenou...

1 month ago 32

Let’s tax carbon: Ross Garnaut on why the time is right for a second shot at carbon pricing

Let’s tax carbon: Ross Garnaut on why the time is ...

1 month ago 41

No home left behind: a postcode approach to electrification

No home left behind: a postcode approach to electr...

1 month ago 28

Huge volumes of whey go to waste. We could do much more with this nutrient-rich liquid

Huge volumes of whey go to waste. We could do much...

1 month ago 19

Where there’s smoke: the rising death toll from climate-charged fire in the landscape

Where there’s smoke: the rising death toll from cl...

1 month ago 26

Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible

Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tany...

1 month ago 24

Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible

Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tany...

1 month ago 29

Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia

Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass...

1 month ago 51

How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle

How extreme weather and costs of housing and insur...

1 month ago 24

‘The waters become corrupt, the air infected’: here’s how Ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with environmental damage

‘The waters become corrupt, the air infected’: her...

1 month ago 37

Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern Australia. But what makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’?

Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern...

1 month ago 33

‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitation

‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – ...

1 month ago 55

More than 20% of Earth’s plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them

More than 20% of Earth’s plant species are found o...

1 month ago 43

Ocean eddy currents funnel extreme heat and cold to the life-filled depths

Ocean eddy currents funnel extreme heat and cold t...

1 month ago 28

Mysterious black balls have washed up on Sydney’s Coogee beach. Are they the result of an oil spill, or something else?

Mysterious black balls have washed up on Sydney’s ...

1 month ago 40

Social media footage reveals little-known ‘surfing’ whales in Australian waters

Social media footage reveals little-known ‘surfing...

1 month ago 31

Queensland Premier Steven Miles is promising to hold a vote on nuclear power. Here’s why

Queensland Premier Steven Miles is promising to ho...

1 month ago 33

Giving First Nations names to our bird species is a lot more complex – and contentious – than you might think

Giving First Nations names to our bird species is ...

1 month ago 58

Giving First Nations names to our bird species is a lot more complex – and contentious – than you might think

Giving First Nations names to our bird species is ...

1 month ago 65

‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 million to fight the latest deadly bird flu

‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 m...

1 month ago 29

‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 million to fight the latest deadly bird flu

‘Awful reality’: Albanese government injects $95 m...

1 month ago 21

This beautiful peacock spider was only found two years ago. Now it could be dancing its last dance

This beautiful peacock spider was only found two y...

1 month ago 37

This beautiful peacock spider was only found two years ago. Now it could be dancing its last dance

This beautiful peacock spider was only found two y...

1 month ago 28

Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons

Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is...

1 month ago 35

Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is one of the reasons

Electric car sales have slumped. Misinformation is...

1 month ago 40

Why hurricanes like Milton in the US and cyclones in Australia are becoming more intense and harder to predict

Why hurricanes like Milton in the US and cyclones ...

1 month ago 44

A patchwork of spinifex: how we returned cultural burning to the Great Sandy Desert

A patchwork of spinifex: how we returned cultural ...

1 month ago 30

These 5 ‘post-truth’ claims are fuelling the water wars in Australia

These 5 ‘post-truth’ claims are fuelling the water...

1 month ago 40

Yes, nature is complex. But saving our precious environment means finding ways to measure it

Yes, nature is complex. But saving our precious en...

1 month ago 67

Rebates for buying e-bikes and e-scooters are good but unlikely to greatly boost sustainable transport on their own

Rebates for buying e-bikes and e-scooters are good...

1 month ago 66