Climate & Environment
Celebrating our native pantry
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC | SEPT 2020
Appetites for Australian native food ingredients are growing globally, creating a burgeoning industry based on ancient Aboriginal knowledge.
Carpentaria Contracting/Tangaroa Blue
Using Trash to Track Other Trash
Hakai Magazine | June 2024
An Australian organization is taking “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” to heart with its ghost net clean-up program.
25 Year Study Reveals Disturbing Effect Heat Waves Are Having on Births
Science Alert | May 2024
And it’s expected to get worse.
Seagrass Can Stash Away Dangerous Heavy Metals
HAKAI Magazine | Feb 2024
In Australia’s largest estuary, humble seagrass is the thin green line between safety and heavy-metal contamination.
Capturing Carbon with Seaweed: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What We’re Totally Unsure About
Hakai Magazine | Nov 2023
Towering underwater kelp forests are often likened to trees, but seaweed carbon sequestration is far more complex than in soil-bound ecosystems.
How Much Climate Change Have You Already Witnessed in Your Life?
science Alert | Aug 2023
This impacts all of us, but some more than most.
SeppFriedhuber/Getty Images via ScienceAlert
The Montreal Protocol Turned Out to Have an Amazing World-Changing Side Effect
science Alert | May 2023
The best climate treaty we've ever had.
Millions Are at Risk of Flooding Due to Climate Change – But Not Where You'd Think
science Alert | Feb 2023
There’s no time to lose.
Bats And Humans Are Closer Than Ever, And The Risks Have Never Been So Clear
science Alert | Nov 2022
"We've been warning about this for decades."
Water, water, used to be everywhere
Cosmos Weekly | Sept 2022
Australia’s water laws desperately need a reboot to correct past injustices and set the country on a more sustainable path.
Scientists Track Eels to Their Ocean Breeding Grounds in World-First
Science Alert | Oct 2022
Solving one of nature’s most enduring mysteries.
World’s largest ice sheet threatened by warm water surge
NATURE NEWS | AUG 2022
Shifting winds and ocean currents are pushing warm waters into East Antarctica, contributing to ice loss, an analysis finds.
Chile’s constitutional rewrite confronts climate change and enshrines water rights
COSMOS Magazine | Aug 2022
Chile is one of the first countries in the world to reimagine its constitution amid the climate crisis. What can other nations learn from Chileans’ efforts?
Scientists Think They've Found a Shockingly Simple Way to Degrade 'Forever Chemicals'
science Alert | Aug 2022
This could be huge.
Waste not, want not: The advent of solar panel recycling
Cosmos Weekly | May 2022
There is a problem piling up on Australian rooftops. But recycling used or broken solar panels represents a lucrative new market, too.
Reanalyzing Seaweed Ecosystems’ Role as Carbon Sinks
Hakai Magazine | May 2022
Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential.
Charting a course to zero emissions: the challenge for global shipping
Cosmos Weekly | Dec 2021
For decades countries have shirked responsibility for emissions from global shipping. Now that initial targets have been set, the challenge is to decarbonise – but anything less than carbon neutral before 2050 won’t cut it.
What triggers torpor?
eLife Sciences | Dec 2021
Hummingbirds save energy using torpor, a survival strategy similar to hibernation, to cope with the demands of the breeding season and increase fat stores before migration.
Catching fishy imports to tackle seafood fraud
Cosmos Weekly | Oct 2021
Tracking the origins of seafood reveals some fishy business that could be combatted with better import controls.
Good news, bad news: how climate science is being used in court
Cosmos Weekly | July 2021
New research suggests climate lawyers need to catch up to climate science to improve their chances of success in court. But it depends on a new branch of climate science that has its limitations, too.
Air pollution may trigger arthritis flares
Allergy & Respiratory Republic | July 2021
Environmental air pollution may trigger disease flares in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis.
Microplastics in soils
COSMOS Magazine | March 2021
Microplastics are a hidden source of soil carbon, and not in a good way.
Anxiety-Inducing Satellite Data Shows Blue Whales Trying to Dodge Boats in Patagonia
Science Alert | Feb 2021
The area is a summer haven for the rare whales.
Sean Williamson
Arrested Development
Hakai Magazine | Aug 2020
A low-tech solution offers an effective way to keep sea turtles safe.
Migration, it’s in their genes
eLife Sciences | March 2020
Tracing the evolutionary history of the European blackcap using high-throughput sequencing reveals divergent migration in this small songbird evolved some 30,000 years ago.
Jess Hadden via Australian Institute of Marine Science
For World’s Biggest Shark, Ship Strikes an Increasing Problem
Hakai Magazine | Jan 2020
Increasing numbers of whale sharks are showing up with scars and wounds caused by encounters with ships.
John Hembraa/Hunter Intrepid Landcare
A shared path to conserving our country
Australian Geographic | July 2017
“This is a beautiful privilege to welcome you to my Country, and I’ll do it in my language,” Uncle Paul Callaghan says warmly, his back to the ocean, hands wide and feet grounded in sand.
Clean Coast Collective
Abandoned ghost nets are exacting a toll on our marine life and more
SBS Science | Nov 2016
Here's what abandoned fishing equipment is doing to our north-eastern waters.