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Environment

The world wants more lithium, but we need to balance that with its environmental cost

Global demand for lithium-ion batteries could rise twentyfold by 2050. New research finds even ambitious improvements won’t contain the climate impacts from their production

Map of the Month

A tiger snake on a leafy bed

The things we’re missing about snake season in Melbourne

Urban sprawl and climate change mean ‘snake season’ isn't as simple as a date on the calendar. Our new Map of the Month tells you what you need to know to shed your snake bias

A modern map of Melbourne overlaid with tree surveys from 1830 - 1850.

We’ve reconstructed Melbourne’s 200-year-old forests

Before it was streets and suburbs, Melbourne was a rich landscape of forests, swamps and grasslands. Our new Map of the Month is rebuilding it for the first time – tree by tree

A rakali swimming in the water with its ears poking up

Australia's elusive rakali is hiding and thriving in Melbourne's waterways

The rakali is an Australian marvel of urban adaptation. Our new Map of the Month shows where to find them around Melbourne and where they’re mysteriously missing

Vector People walking on beach

Explore how Australians feel about their relationships, work life and financial skills

HILDA 2026

Arts & Culture

How diverse is Australia’s publishing industry?

A new national survey finds publishing in Australia is more culturally diverse than it was in 2022. Class and geography, though, still decide who gets a seat at the table

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

An intense summer weather system passes through Melbourne. Half the sky is blue and the other is grey clouds.

Don’t be fooled by Melbourne’s Fool’s Spring

From the ‘Spring of Deception’ to ‘The Swooping’, understanding the cycles of Australian weather can help us all love Melbourne’s eclectic seasons

A woman outside holding a tissue to her nose

Why Melbourne makes you sneeze in spring

We've never known exactly which grass pollens trigger hay fever or thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne's spring. Now DNA is revealing which grasses are to blame

Lightning seen from Anzac Memorial Bridge on January 15, 2025 in Newcastle, Australia.

Extreme weather is Australia's new normal

Over the last few weeks, parts of Australia have been inundated by rain, scorched by heatwaves and slammed by storms. Is this our country's new normal?

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