Climate Change
Environment
Research
Ammonia is sticky, so measuring it is tricky
Ammonia released from sewage treatment plants can impact our health and the environment, but it’s taken an innovative way of measuring it to understand the scale of the problem
Environment
Analysis
Why climate change adaptation is a key piece of our climate risk puzzle
Climate adaptation can make the difference between the potential impacts outlined in Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment and a more hopeful reality
Environment
Analysis
Australia’s new target to cut climate pollution is undermined by fossil fuel expansion
For Australia’s national climate plans to be meaningful, they need to include an orderly phase-out of its fossil fuel exports
Environment
Research
Saving the giants of the Australian forest
Mountain ash forests are predicted to lose a quarter of their trees by 2080, releasing over 100 million tonnes of stored carbon into the atmosphere. But there is a way to limit further loss
Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
From backyard garden to global agriculture
Agricultural scientist Dr Xia (Emma) Liang has travelled to Laos to work with local farmers and researchers on reducing nitrogen pollution from crops
Environment
Analysis
Algal blooms are waging chemical warfare in our oceans
South Australia’s oceans have become battlegrounds, as once benign algae unleash a toxic chemical assault on marine life
Environment
Research
Speedy bearded dragons are sprinting towards danger
A study monitoring the activity of lizards in the Australian wild found that, surprisingly, the fastest lizards are also the most likely to die
Environment
Research
There’s a link between sudden Antarctic ice shelf breakups and sea ice loss
When sea ice retreats, damaging ocean waves can break already weakened Antarctic ice shelves
Sciences & Technology
Analysis
Scientists have created a manifesto for our ocean
The ocean is fundamental to life on our planet and to our future. It’s time for leaders to listen to the evidence-based science and act
Health & Medicine
Research
Australia’s largest pharmaceutical companies need to do more to reduce their carbon footprint
Big pharma is big carbon, but multi-billion-dollar drug companies have a mixed record on efforts towards net-zero