Australians disagree on how important climate change is: poll
May 17, 2019 02:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Climate change, the environment and energy policy are all key issues in this election campaign, fuelled by compelling evidence of our accelerating impact on the environment and climate. While voters agree more than you...
Plastic warms the planet twice as much as aviation – here's how to make it climate-friendly
May 16, 2019 03:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Were all too aware of the consequences of plastics in the oceans and on land. However, beyond the visible pollution of our once pristine habitats, plastics are having a grave impact on the climate too. Newly published...
May 16, 2019 03:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
It is understandable that Captain Cook is a trigger for debates about our national identity and history. However, we often risk being blinded by the legacy of Cook. Around the continent, early encounters with outsiders...
May 16, 2019 03:25 am UTC| Nature
Its a 50km long patch in the middle of Queensland thats causing a lot of trouble, but many people couldnt even point it out on a map. Queensland Government - Coordinated Projects Map The Adani Carmichael coal mine has...
Debate: How financial initiatives that tackle global warming can make a real impact
May 13, 2019 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy
Awareness and concern over climate change and its impacts has risen sharply in recent years. According to a December 2018 survey by Yale University, 73 percent of Americans now say that global warming is real, up 10...
El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records
May 07, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new category of El...
Why the southern resident killer whales should have the same rights as people
Apr 27, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Each year, the number of southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea on the Pacific coast declines yet another species on the road to extinction. Last summer, many grieved as they watched an orca named J35, also...
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