THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment - RNAnews

THE CONVERSATION - AU - Environment

We gave 60,000 food products a ‘planetary health’ star rating – see how your favourites stack up

We gave 60,000 food products a ‘planetary health’ ...

5 months ago 42

Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG – but it’s not a silver bullet

Replanting trees can help prevent devastating land...

5 months ago 45

Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management

Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning o...

5 months ago 34

Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities can learn from Barcelona’s ‘superblock’ urban design

Rethinking roads as public spaces – what NZ cities...

5 months ago 39

Buried kelp: seaweed carried to the deep sea stores more carbon than we thought

Buried kelp: seaweed carried to the deep sea store...

5 months ago 48

Your smartphone might be linked to crocodile attacks in Indonesia. Here’s how

Your smartphone might be linked to crocodile attac...

5 months ago 24

Curious Kids: why can some plastics be recycled but others can’t?

Curious Kids: why can some plastics be recycled bu...

5 months ago 43

Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate change matters for Australia and especially our island neighbours

Why a new ruling on the law of the sea and climate...

6 months ago 41

The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Australia’s battery industry. Has it flipped the right switches?

The government’s cash splash aims to kickstart Aus...

6 months ago 31

Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped groundwater can lower local sea levels – and boost them elsewhere

Heavy water: how melting ice sheets and pumped gro...

6 months ago 33

A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities

A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most...

6 months ago 48

Why knock down all public housing towers when retrofit can sometimes be better?

Why knock down all public housing towers when retr...

6 months ago 49

A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must take action on climate change under the law of the sea

A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must ...

6 months ago 52

Critical minerals for the world – or just for the US? Turning Australia into a green minerals powerhouse comes with risks

Critical minerals for the world – or just for the ...

6 months ago 54

What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a monumental concept

What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a m...

6 months ago 58

Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is knocking on Australia’s door

Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird ...

6 months ago 33

We’re helping farmers access future climate projections as easily as checking the weather

We’re helping farmers access future climate projec...

6 months ago 32

Will government investment make green hydrogen a reality in Australia?

Will government investment make green hydrogen a r...

6 months ago 57

A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach

A pest of our own making: revealing the true origi...

6 months ago 73

Has logging really stopped in Victoria? What the death of an endangered glider tells us

Has logging really stopped in Victoria? What the d...

6 months ago 73

Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it.

Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2...

6 months ago 37

Cameras reveal wombat burrows can be safe havens after fire and waterholes after rain

Cameras reveal wombat burrows can be safe havens a...

6 months ago 42

Nuclear subs are coming to Australia. Now the Coalition wants reactors, too. We’re not ready for it

Nuclear subs are coming to Australia. Now the Coal...

6 months ago 43

Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity

Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ ...

6 months ago 36

Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it

Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables re...

6 months ago 41

Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuilding project. Could the troubled Snowy 2.0 do the same?

Stirring films made the Snowy scheme a nationbuild...

6 months ago 61

Two-thirds of us support banning pet cats from roaming. A ban would save millions of native animals – and billions of dollars

Two-thirds of us support banning pet cats from roa...

6 months ago 54

New Zealanders have had their say on climate adaptation: here’s where we agree and disagree

New Zealanders have had their say on climate adapt...

6 months ago 45

Green industry yes, conservation no: a budget for people, not for nature

Green industry yes, conservation no: a budget for ...

6 months ago 42

Scrapping the waste export levy threatens Australia’s emerging lithium battery recycling industry

Scrapping the waste export levy threatens Australi...

6 months ago 62

How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo

How a long-lost fish species was brought back to B...

6 months ago 47

More desalination is coming to Australia’s driest states – but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries

More desalination is coming to Australia’s driest ...

6 months ago 80

Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions

Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest ...

6 months ago 56

Feral horses in Australia’s high country are damaging peatlands, decreasing carbon stores

Feral horses in Australia’s high country are damag...

6 months ago 53

Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both

Australia can have a future for the gas industry, ...

6 months ago 49

Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?

Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated...

6 months ago 73

Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready

Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them...

6 months ago 59

Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic species

Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Ti...

6 months ago 55

Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?

Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can ...

6 months ago 64

How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back

How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch ...

6 months ago 38

Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds

Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Cre...

6 months ago 34

This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the way

This group rid one Australian river of its privet ...

6 months ago 39

Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?

Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?

6 months ago 53

As New Zealand CBDs evolve post-pandemic, repurposing old or empty spaces should be on the drawing board

As New Zealand CBDs evolve post-pandemic, repurpos...

6 months ago 74

Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action

Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but i...

6 months ago 54

Electric vehicles will start to cut emissions and improve air quality in our cities – but only once they’re common

Electric vehicles will start to cut emissions and ...

6 months ago 70

We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role

We think we control our health – but corporations ...

6 months ago 84

Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key questions

Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key...

6 months ago 67

Wondering what Australia might look like in a hotter world? Take a glimpse into the distant past

Wondering what Australia might look like in a hott...

6 months ago 52

We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs we tested. Did these cause mass deaths?

We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs...

6 months ago 47