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THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment

Tail first and making an early splash, some whales just can't wait to be born

Tail first and making an early splash, some whales...

1 year ago 62

Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority - here's what should top its agenda

Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority - here'...

1 year ago 57

Humanity's tipping point? How the Queen's death stole a climate warning's thunder

Humanity's tipping point? How the Queen's death st...

1 year ago 78

Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming sign the ocean's role as climate regulator is changing

Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming s...

1 year ago 90

I'm not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme – but let's not obsess over the delays and cost blowouts

I'm not an apologist for the Snowy 2.0 hydro schem...

1 year ago 76

Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high

Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife trade...

1 year ago 74

Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here's how to turn it into a valuable asset

Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of us...

1 year ago 176

Migrating birds could bring lethal avian flu to Australia's vulnerable birds

Migrating birds could bring lethal avian flu to Au...

1 year ago 77

Fear and Wonder podcast: where to next on climate change? – Live bonus episode

Fear and Wonder podcast: where to next on climate ...

1 year ago 69

In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000 hotspots. These maps show where the risks have increased over 20 years

In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000...

1 year ago 108

Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billio...

1 year ago 82

Kicking the gas can down the road: why a gas price cap is the worst way to protect energy consumers.

Kicking the gas can down the road: why a gas price...

1 year ago 59

Wild-caught seafood is often untraceable – and some industry players don't want that to change. Here's why

Wild-caught seafood is often untraceable – and som...

1 year ago 88

An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth's ecosystems than we knew

An epic global study of moss reveals it is far mor...

1 year ago 77

1 in 4 households struggle to pay power bills. Here are 5 ways to tackle hidden energy poverty

1 in 4 households struggle to pay power bills. Her...

1 year ago 69

Drone seeding and E-seeds sound exciting, but ecosystem restoration needs practical solutions

Drone seeding and E-seeds sound exciting, but ecos...

1 year ago 64

Restoring forests often falls to landholders. Here's how to do it cheaply and well

Restoring forests often falls to landholders. Here...

1 year ago 68

Why green ammonia may not be that green

Why green ammonia may not be that green

1 year ago 77

We need a 'lemon law' to make all the homes we buy and rent more energy-efficient

We need a 'lemon law' to make all the homes we buy...

1 year ago 56

Fear and Wonder podcast: how species are responding to climate change – and how humans can help

Fear and Wonder podcast: how species are respondin...

1 year ago 54

In hot water: here's why ocean temperatures are the hottest on record

In hot water: here's why ocean temperatures are th...

1 year ago 61

New exposé of Australia's exotic pet trade shows an alarming proliferation of alien, threatened and illegal species

New exposé of Australia's exotic pet trade shows a...

1 year ago 71

Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, and we still don't know what works best to bring them back

Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, an...

1 year ago 99

A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ's freight transport emissions -- why aren't we doing it?

A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ'...

1 year ago 92

Climate isn't a distraction from the military's job of war fighting. It's front and centre

Climate isn't a distraction from the military's jo...

1 year ago 70

We want more climate ambition in our foreign policy – here's how we can do it

We want more climate ambition in our foreign polic...

1 year ago 57

The IPCC's calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?

The IPCC's calls for emissions cuts have gone unhe...

1 year ago 74

Most people already think climate change is 'here and now', despite what we've been told

Most people already think climate change is 'here ...

1 year ago 101

Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast

Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been...

1 year ago 91

Whale-watching guidelines don't include boat noise. It's time they did

Whale-watching guidelines don't include boat noise...

1 year ago 77

Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Murray are environmentally dubious. Here’s a better option

Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Mu...

1 year ago 64

Fear and Wonder podcast: how climate change is affecting rainfall, droughts and floods

Fear and Wonder podcast: how climate change is aff...

1 year ago 60

Floods of nutrients from fertilisers and wastewater trash our rivers. Could offsetting help?

Floods of nutrients from fertilisers and wastewate...

1 year ago 53

Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?

Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy...

1 year ago 40

A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third of Earth's coastlines, with a collective value of $500 billion

A forgotten and neglected ecosystem covers a third...

1 year ago 109

We need a National Energy Transition Authority to help fossil fuel workers adjust

We need a National Energy Transition Authority to ...

1 year ago 105

Antarctica's heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time to take our medicine

Antarctica's heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time...

1 year ago 59

Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage. But how exactly do we crunch the numbers?

Poorer countries must be compensated for climate d...

1 year ago 56

If you buy it, why can't you fix it? Here's why we still don't have the 'right to repair'

If you buy it, why can't you fix it? Here's why we...

1 year ago 164

Plastic action or distraction? As climate change bears down, calls to reduce plastic pollution are not wasted

Plastic action or distraction? As climate change b...

1 year ago 96

A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burning helped suppress bushfires 10,000 years ago

A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burni...

1 year ago 57

Cyclone Ilsa: how disasters, the housing crisis and underinsurance can conspire to worsen inequality

Cyclone Ilsa: how disasters, the housing crisis an...

1 year ago 77

Connecting to culture: here's what happened when elders gifted totemic species to school kids

Connecting to culture: here's what happened when e...

1 year ago 65

Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shaping up to devastate the WA coast

Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shap...

1 year ago 81

Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necessarily raise dairy farm profits but increases climate harm

Why using more fertiliser and feed does not necess...

1 year ago 176

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute extreme weather events to climate change

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists attribute ...

1 year ago 56

Farewell Liddell: what to expect when Australia's oldest coal plant closes

Farewell Liddell: what to expect when Australia's ...

1 year ago 101

We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots

We rely on expert predictions to guide conservatio...

1 year ago 55

NZ farmers worry about 'carbon leakage' if they have to pay for emissions, but they could benefit from playing the long game

NZ farmers worry about 'carbon leakage' if they ha...

1 year ago 71

Batteries won't cut it – we need solar thermal technology to get us through the night

Batteries won't cut it – we need solar thermal tec...

1 year ago 70