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3 Aug 2021
Heather worked as a nurse until a workplace accident caused her to leave the workforce. She put most of her compensation towards making a switch to clean...
3 Aug 2021
Researchers at The Australian National University working on the photovoltaic potential of ultra-thin 2D materials have made an interesting discovery, the...
29 Jul 2021
The upcoming sixth assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that even prolonged warming of 1.5°C could produce progressively serious,...
24 Jun 2021
We are now beyond the point of simply needing to reduce carbon emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change, according to a leading scientist from The...
21 Jun 2021
Pregnant women exposed to natural disasters such as volcanoes are more likely to give birth prematurely, according to a new study from The Australian National...
17 Jun 2021
When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers from The Australian...
11 Jun 2021
World leaders including Prime Minister Scott Morrison will gather in the UK this weekend for the G7 summit. In a speech on Wednesday ahead of the meeting,...
3 Jun 2021
What role does the Asia-Pacific play in Russian energy strategy? The answer is of consequence to Australian security, and yet Russian energy interests in the...
3 Jun 2021
Have reporters’ cliches got in the way of understanding how Pacific islanders are dealing with climate change?
2 Jun 2021
This note builds on previous work looking at the seasonality issues of high (> 90% share of total electricity energy produced) wind and solar penetration...
1 Jun 2021
Community-scale batteries are already achievable in Australia, will complement existing household batteries and will allow more solar energy to be stored in...
31 May 2021
Opinion surveys across the big emitters reveal the social complexity surrounding climate policy commitments.