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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Ancient lava reveals secrets of Earth’s magnetic field cycle
Charting the fluctuations of the planet’s magnetic field using palaeomagnetism.
A study from the University of Liverpool has added to the growing corpus of evidence that Earth’s magnetic field is s...
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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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Game-changing GM crop finally planted in Nigeria
After decades of research, Nigeria’s farmers are growing a GM version of their staple legume that...
Last July, for the first time, subsistence farmers in Nigeria planted a new variety of genetically modified (GM) cowp...
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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...
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Bombs, lows and other cyclones
Wild weather can beget wilder naming systems.
Earlier this week, we saw reports about a “bomb cyclone” off the east coast of Australia. It’s an exciting name for a...
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Ordinary people, extraordinary change
Addressing the climate emergency through ‘quiet activism’.
By Wendy Steele, RMIT University; Diana MacCallum, Curtin University; Donna Houston, Macquarie University; Jason Byrn...
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Coral crusaders
The power of citizen science collaboration.
A massive coral has just been discovered on the Great Barrier Reef, more than 10 metres wide - and it's all thanks to...
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The conservation hotspots that could help protect the planet
How to get the most environmental benefit from the least land.
Humanity could protect 70% of all terrestrial plants and animals by strategically conserving just 30% of the world’s ...
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Deep diamonds have surprise organic composition
Research throws light on the origins of oceanic and deep continental diamonds.
While most diamonds are formed beneath continents, at depths between 150 and 300 kilometres, a paper published in Sci...
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Good news, bad news: how climate science is being used in court
New research suggests climate lawyers need to catch up to climate science to improve their chance...
It was a big year for the climate movement back in 2015. Global leaders signed the Paris Agreement, pledging to reduc...