World’s largest wind farm study finds sleep disturbances aren't related to turbine noise
May 30, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
During the Abbott government, the often recalcitrant Senate cross bench was thrown a big, juicy bone plainly intended to sweeten their disposition toward government bills which needed their support to pass. The anti- wind...
How can your bank help reduce climate change risks to your home?
May 30, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Nature
Australia is a land of extreme weather. Events such as the 2009 Victorian bushfires, the 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi in 2013 are stark examples of climate-related risks faced by Australian households. Many...
Restoring the Everglades will benefit both humans and nature
May 30, 2016 02:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Everglades National Park (ENP) is our only national wetland park, and one of the largest aquascapes in the world. Perhaps more than any other U.S. national park, ENPs treasures are hard to defend. Lying at the southern end...
We're kidding ourselves if we think we can 'reset' Earth's damaged ecosystems
May 30, 2016 00:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Earth is in a land degradation crisis. If we were to take the roughly one-third of the worlds land that has been degraded from its natural state and combine it into a single entity, these Federated States of Degradia would...
Climate change, tourism and the Great Barrier Reef: what we know
May 27, 2016 08:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The removal of an entire section on the Great Barrier Reef from an international report on World Heritage and climate change has been justified by the Australian government because of the impact on tourism. The Guardian...
Antarctica may not be as isolated as we thought, and that's a worry
May 27, 2016 06:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
For a long time, we have thought of Antarctica as isolated from the rest of the world. The continent is entirely surrounded by the Southern Ocean, which heaves with giant waves whipped up by intense winds, and is home to...
El Niño is over, but has left its mark across the world
May 25, 2016 23:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The 2015-16 El Niño has likely reached its end. Tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures, trade winds, cloud and pressure patterns have all dropped back to near normal, although clearly the events impacts around the...
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