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24 May 2024
Over the past decade, global solar generation has grown ninefold to reach 1500 Terawatt-hour (TWh) per year while wind generation has tripled to 2300 TWh per...
23 May 2024
What exactly is “net zero”, and where did this concept come from?
17 May 2024
For Australia to achieve the federal government's 43% emissions cut target by 2030, and the deeper and swifter cuts required after that, we need to...
16 May 2024
The discovery of how a critical enzyme “hidden in nature’s blueprint” works by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of...
13 May 2024
A recent Guardian survey of the world's leading climate scientists has found 80% believe warming above 1.5C is now unavoidable.
2 May 2024
Country investments in breastfeeding should be considered a carbon offset in global plans for sustainable food, health and economic systems, according to a new...
1 May 2024
So how much land is needed to fully decarbonise energy in Australia? When we switch completely to solar and wind, do we have the space for all the panels,...
1 May 2024
April has been a bad month for the Australian environment. The Great Barrier Reef was hit, yet again, by intense coral bleaching.
26 Apr 2024
In a new paper, we looked carefully at the body of evidence on the natural pre-invasion state of Australian forests, such as those dominated by majestic...
24 Apr 2024
As humans, our greatest evolutionary advantage has always been our ability to adapt and innovate. When people first reached the expanded coastline of Southeast...
15 Apr 2024
ANU researcher Dr Georgy Falster's recent findings on naturally occurring "mega droughts", while alarming, are important as they give us...
3 Apr 2024
Much of Australia is drought-prone, and the risk is expected to increase as global warming continues. That’s why it’s important for Australia to be prepared...