Seven pieces of scientific information on the Vickery coal mine expansion
What does the science have to say about Vickery?
The Vickery coal mine extension in New South Wales has received approval from the Environment Minister, Sussan Ley. ...
Climate
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Satellite mapping is preparing Australian cities for a warming earth
A new start-up is bringing out-of-this-world data down to Earth, arming urban planners with envir...
Imagine you’re an urban planner, worried about your city’s resilience in the face of the growing threat of climate ch...
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Black Summer fires spawned phytoplankton bloom bigger than Australia
Smoke from the 2019/20 fires had an unexpected effect in the Southern Ocean.
Australia’s 2019/20 bushfires were a crisis on an epic scale. Not only did they burn through an estimated 18 million ...
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Meet the meat: what are the planet's prime carbon cuts?
The coming UN Climate Change Summit will again question the climate credentials of the meat and l...
The longed-for first bite of a delicious, expensive rib-eye is en route to your mouth when your teenager says: “You k...
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Ice age relics discovered beneath the North Sea
Scan reveals huge seafloor channels carved by ancient ice sheets.
Scientists have created spectacular maps of drowned worlds beneath the North Sea, revealing enormous channels forged ...
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Australia’s coal must stay in the ground to hit Paris targets
Most of the world’s fossil fuels deemed “unextractable” if we’re to avoid catastrophe.
To have half a chance of meeting the Paris Agreement targets, 90% of the world’s coal and 60% of its oil and gas must...
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What does science say about fracking?
Researchers question why Australia is still pursuing fracking despite risks to human health and t...
The federal government recently awarded $50 million in grants to private energy companies to fund the exploratory dri...
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“Technology, not taxes”? Experts say that existing renewable technology should be used immediately
Policy, not research, is the priority for reducing emissions, say leading researchers.
Existing technology and new policies are the keys to a net-zero emissions future, according to the Australian Academy...
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Conversation
Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature
A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth.
By Anthony Burke, UNSW and Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney Scientists recently confirmed the Amazon ...
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Once-in-a-century extreme weather events to happen annually
Changing climate will see a surge in extreme-sea-level events.
Even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, once-in-a-century extreme-sea-level events wi...
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Here comes the Sun
Solar power research is in a golden age with new materials, new technologies and an industry grow...
It can feel challenging in the world right now to hold onto our optimism for the future, as we do our best to face do...
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How will El Niño and La Niña events change with the climate?
High-resolution simulations suggest rising temperatures may end the ENSO cycle.
For the last 11,000 years, the southern Pacific Ocean has cycled between warm El Niño and cold La Niña conditions, dr...