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THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment

If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages as climate chaos intensifies

If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge agai...

1 year ago 100

Orange-bellied parrot shows there's more to saving endangered species than captive breeding

Orange-bellied parrot shows there's more to saving...

1 year ago 84

Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles

Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs...

1 year ago 88

Forget the conspiracies, 15-minute cities will free us to improve our mental health and wellbeing

Forget the conspiracies, 15-minute cities will fre...

1 year ago 74

Squid fishing grew by 68% in just three years, raising fears the industry is out of control

Squid fishing grew by 68% in just three years, rai...

1 year ago 111

Can seaweed save the world? Well it can certainly help in many ways

Can seaweed save the world? Well it can certainly ...

1 year ago 107

A tonne of fossil carbon isn't the same as a tonne of new trees: why offsets can't save us

A tonne of fossil carbon isn't the same as a tonne...

1 year ago 53

Penguin paradise and geological freak: why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

Penguin paradise and geological freak: why Macquar...

1 year ago 62

Bushfire smoke eats up the ozone protecting us from dangerous radiation. The damage will increase as the world heats up

Bushfire smoke eats up the ozone protecting us fro...

1 year ago 108

The Greens aren't grandstanding on a new coal and gas ban – they're negotiating well

The Greens aren't grandstanding on a new coal and ...

1 year ago 58

Get the basics right for National Environmental Standards to ensure truly sustainable development

Get the basics right for National Environmental St...

1 year ago 59

First look at the new settlement rule of Australia's electricity market, has it worked?

First look at the new settlement rule of Australia...

1 year ago 87

Solar power can cut living costs, but it's not an option for many people – they need better support

Solar power can cut living costs, but it's not an ...

1 year ago 77

We now have a treaty governing the high seas. Can it protect the Wild West of the oceans?

We now have a treaty governing the high seas. Can ...

1 year ago 90

The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?

The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we bal...

1 year ago 72

As Western Sydney residents grapple with climate change, they want political action

As Western Sydney residents grapple with climate c...

1 year ago 74

When is a nature reserve not a nature reserve? When it's already been burned and logged

When is a nature reserve not a nature reserve? Whe...

1 year ago 72

No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

No, the Fukushima water release is not going to ki...

1 year ago 108

Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now

Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ag...

1 year ago 124

'Let's get real': scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals

'Let's get real': scientists discover a new way cl...

1 year ago 73

Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself 5 big ethical questions

Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses?...

1 year ago 91

Oil and gas companies are seen as climate villains. Truth is, we'll need their expertise to make green hydrogen a reality

Oil and gas companies are seen as climate villains...

1 year ago 112

We can't keep putting apartment residents' waste in the too hard basket

We can't keep putting apartment residents' waste i...

1 year ago 74

Despite restrictions elsewhere, NZ still uses a wood preservative linked to arsenic pollution

Despite restrictions elsewhere, NZ still uses a wo...

1 year ago 109

Move over, honeybees: Aussie native bees steal the show with unique social and foraging behaviours

Move over, honeybees: Aussie native bees steal the...

1 year ago 121

'A stench of tokenism': how environmental reforms ignore First Nations knowledge

'A stench of tokenism': how environmental reforms ...

1 year ago 76

Why El Niño doesn't mean certain drought

Why El Niño doesn't mean certain drought

1 year ago 75

Threatened species recover in fenced safe havens. But their safety is only temporary

Threatened species recover in fenced safe havens. ...

1 year ago 52

Cyclone Gabrielle hit NZ's main fruit-growing region hard -- now orchardists face critical climate choices

Cyclone Gabrielle hit NZ's main fruit-growing regi...

1 year ago 60

Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. What can we do to save ourselves?

Climate change is fuelling the rise of superbugs. ...

1 year ago 55

Australia’s red goshawk is disappearing. How can we save our rarest bird of prey from extinction?

Australia’s red goshawk is disappearing. How can w...

1 year ago 67

The new major players in conservation? NGOs thrive while national parks struggle

The new major players in conservation? NGOs thrive...

1 year ago 65

Losing a calf to wolves in Sweden hurts. But if lions take one in Uganda, a farming family's income is gone

Losing a calf to wolves in Sweden hurts. But if li...

1 year ago 73

Water buybacks are back on the table again in the Murray-Darling Basin. Here's a refresher on how they work

Water buybacks are back on the table again in the ...

1 year ago 79

Households find low waste living challenging. Here's what needs to change

Households find low waste living challenging. Here...

1 year ago 69

Why Tasmania and Victoria dominate the list of Australia's largest trees – and why these majestic giants are under threat

Why Tasmania and Victoria dominate the list of Aus...

1 year ago 69

Australia's energy market operator is worried about the grid's reliability. But should it be?

Australia's energy market operator is worried abou...

1 year ago 91

What if urban plans gave natural systems the space to recover from the cities built over them? It can be done

What if urban plans gave natural systems the space...

1 year ago 75

We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives

We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with...

1 year ago 81

Flooded Home Buyback scheme helps wash away the pain for Queenslanders

Flooded Home Buyback scheme helps wash away the pa...

1 year ago 89

You've read the scary headlines – but rest assured, your cookware is safe

You've read the scary headlines – but rest assured...

1 year ago 83

Landslides and law: Cyclone Gabrielle raises serious questions about where we've been allowed to build

Landslides and law: Cyclone Gabrielle raises serio...

1 year ago 88

Herding cats: councils' efforts to protect wildlife from roaming pets are hampered by state laws

Herding cats: councils' efforts to protect wildlif...

1 year ago 72

Would a nature repair market really work? Evidence suggests it's highly unlikely

Would a nature repair market really work? Evidence...

1 year ago 65

From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil - why we should be rewilding carnivores

From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil - why we sho...

1 year ago 58

What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now

What Australia learned from recent devastating flo...

1 year ago 81

NZ cities urgently need to become 'spongier' – but system change will be expensive

NZ cities urgently need to become 'spongier' – but...

1 year ago 74

Mapping Iran's biodiversity hotspots to create new protected areas covering 20% of the landscape

Mapping Iran's biodiversity hotspots to create new...

1 year ago 58

Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry “slash” – NZ must change how it grows trees on fragile land

Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive fores...

1 year ago 78

Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you're breeding a new waste pandemic

Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you're b...

1 year ago 181