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THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment

Wild genes in domestic species: how we can supercharge our crops using their distant relatives

Wild genes in domestic species: how we can superch...

3 months ago 57

The plight of the pig-nosed turtle, one of the unlucky 13 added to Australia’s threatened species list

The plight of the pig-nosed turtle, one of the unl...

3 months ago 48

NZ is running out of gas – literally. That’s good for the climate, but it’s bad news for the economy

NZ is running out of gas – literally. That’s good ...

3 months ago 43

Bathroom fans and sliding glass doors: new research shows how those cold draughts sneak into your home

Bathroom fans and sliding glass doors: new researc...

3 months ago 52

Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australia’s native forests would be a blow for nature and the climate

Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australi...

3 months ago 38

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exp...

3 months ago 39

Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk

Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts f...

3 months ago 53

Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities

Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has ...

3 months ago 23

‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort

‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s...

3 months ago 46

Liked to death? The social media race for nature photos can trash ecosystems – or trigger rapid extinction

Liked to death? The social media race for nature p...

3 months ago 58

Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting

Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘...

3 months ago 50

Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?

Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejec...

3 months ago 43

Healthy Country, healthy people: how shared knowledge is helping to restore a World Heritage area

Healthy Country, healthy people: how shared knowle...

3 months ago 33

Repeating aids believing: climate misinformation feels more true through repetition - even if you back climate science

Repeating aids believing: climate misinformation f...

3 months ago 45

‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years

‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Gre...

3 months ago 50

Sea lions wearing cameras and trackers map new habitats

Sea lions wearing cameras and trackers map new hab...

3 months ago 35

I’ve researched crocodile attacks for years. Videos of people feeding crocodiles at site of latest attack are deeply concerning

I’ve researched crocodile attacks for years. Video...

3 months ago 47

High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef

High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleach...

3 months ago 37

From climate change to landfill, AI promises to solve Earth’s big environmental problems – but there’s a hitch

From climate change to landfill, AI promises to so...

3 months ago 100

Soft plastics, glass bins and bans on compostable liners: will Victoria’s new recycling proposal be a step forward?

Soft plastics, glass bins and bans on compostable ...

3 months ago 88

More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows

More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are ...

3 months ago 61

Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?

Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested o...

3 months ago 39

Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into the Australian economy and boosts wellbeing

Save our waves: surfing pumps $2.71 billion into t...

3 months ago 37

Hope or hype? NZ needs to be realistic about the clean energy potential of green hydrogen

Hope or hype? NZ needs to be realistic about the c...

3 months ago 41

Indigenous Australians want a seat at the table when it comes to conservation. Here’s how we might get there

Indigenous Australians want a seat at the table wh...

3 months ago 50

Ride a bus, take a package with you – how crowdshipping reduces the impacts of millions of deliveries

Ride a bus, take a package with you – how crowdshi...

3 months ago 53

Kids’ sport always cancelled due to rain-soaked grounds? Green infrastructure can help

Kids’ sport always cancelled due to rain-soaked gr...

3 months ago 46

Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ – it means actively managing them

Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them...

3 months ago 54

From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt

From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid ris...

3 months ago 58

Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your health. What are your safest choices?

Snug but unsafe: your heater may be harming your h...

3 months ago 47

Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room

Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest c...

3 months ago 85

Methane is turbocharging unnatural disasters – Australia must get serious about reducing emissions

Methane is turbocharging unnatural disasters – Aus...

3 months ago 40

Is Australia’s climate confusing you? Here’s why rainfall and temperatures don’t always behave as expected

Is Australia’s climate confusing you? Here’s why r...

3 months ago 48

For decades, governments have subsidised fossil fuels. But why?

For decades, governments have subsidised fossil fu...

3 months ago 36

Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good science that won’t save our reefs

Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good scie...

3 months ago 38

Our beef with ‘Big Meat’: the power perpetuating Australia’s live export trade is at play elsewhere

Our beef with ‘Big Meat’: the power perpetuating A...

3 months ago 59

Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters

Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must p...

3 months ago 58

We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best

We compared land transport options for getting to ...

3 months ago 47

Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can justify it? Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up

Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can jus...

3 months ago 92

China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also an emerging force in climate diplomacy

China: still the world’s biggest emitter, but also...

3 months ago 40

How old, inefficient housing and time-of-use electricity rates are leaving some households worse off

How old, inefficient housing and time-of-use elect...

3 months ago 42

Landmark new research shows how global warming is messing with our rainfall

Landmark new research shows how global warming is ...

3 months ago 40

Timber venues, river swimming and re-use: how the Paris Olympics is going green – and what it’s missing

Timber venues, river swimming and re-use: how the ...

3 months ago 49

Monday was the warmest day recorded on Earth. But how do scientists actually measure that?

Monday was the warmest day recorded on Earth. But ...

3 months ago 39

Almost 1 in 6 of the world’s banknotes feature wildlife – and they’re not always the creatures you’d expect

Almost 1 in 6 of the world’s banknotes feature wil...

3 months ago 40

The greater stick-nest rat almost went extinct. Now it’s found an unlikely ally: one of Australia’s worst weeds

The greater stick-nest rat almost went extinct. No...

3 months ago 51

Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the demise of NZ’s moa can help other flightless birds

Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the ...

3 months ago 46

Yes, Australia’s environment is on a depressing path – but $7 billion a year would transform it

Yes, Australia’s environment is on a depressing pa...

3 months ago 35

Small modular reactors have promise. But we found they’re unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050

Small modular reactors have promise. But we found ...

3 months ago 50

Lethal bird flu could decimate Oceania’s birds. From vigilance to vaccines, here’s what we’re doing to prepare

Lethal bird flu could decimate Oceania’s birds. Fr...

3 months ago 59