From 9/11 to Christchurch earthquakes: how unis have supported students after a crisis
Jan 24, 2020 05:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy
Universities across Australia including in Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle have had to close their campuses in the past few months as a result of bushfires. But the deep and long-lasting impacts of the crisis are...
Jan 24, 2020 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Climate change no longer seems just a future threat. In 2019, major fires in Australia, Russia and California burned over 13.5 million hectares of land an area four times greater than the size of Belgium. Major floods and...
Out of control, contained, safe? Here's what each bushfire status actually means
Jan 24, 2020 05:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In this record-breaking bushfire season, notifications from emergency managers have become a familiar feature of Australian life. Terms like out of control and contained are regularly heard as descriptions of the status of...
Stoneflies and mayflies, canaries of our streams
Jan 23, 2020 11:02 am UTC| Nature
Experienced anglers recognize that for a trout, the ultimate steak dinner is a stonefly or mayfly. Thats why fly fishing enthusiasts will go to extreme lengths to imitate these graceful, elegant and fragile insects. I...
Australia needs a national fire inquiry – these are the 3 key areas it should deliver in
Jan 23, 2020 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Australias bushfire crisis has been unprecedented, so it demands an unprecedented national response. Never before has such a large area been burnt by multiple fires in a single fire season, including bushland in...
Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires -- but we must not give up
Jan 21, 2020 01:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
That a billion animals may die as a result of this summers fires has horrified the world. For many conservation biologists and managers, however, the unprecedented extent and ferocity of the fires has incinerated much more...
Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on crops
Jan 18, 2020 12:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
My team has discovered another use for microwave ovens that will surprise you. Biosolids primarily dead bacteria from sewage plants are usually dumped into landfills. However, they are rich in nutrients and can...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects