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16 Mar 2023
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22 Jul 2022
To any informed reader, the idea of farming cold-ocean seabirds in the Australian desert is mind-numbingly silly. But this hypothetical idea helps us better...
21 Jul 2022
Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land.
10 Jul 2022
While state government cools on once highly-touted developments, array of experts decry plans for any housing on floodplain.
5 Jul 2022
We’ve known about the risk of floods to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley for a long time. Yet successive state governments have failed to properly mitigate its...
4 May 2022
The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of...
18 Feb 2022
Geoengineering could pose grave dangers, potentially worse than the warming it seeks to remedy. To understand the risks, we’ve undertaken a risk assessment of...
8 Feb 2022
In a study published Feb. 7, 2022, a team of climate scientists mapped out where vegetation is creating the highest fire risks across the western U.S. They...
14 Dec 2021
If a river could speak, what would it tell you? Climb aboard and be prepared to get wet.
12 Nov 2021
With the eyes of the world on COP26, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) say the broader environmental and social implications of extreme...
2 Nov 2021
The make-or-break United Nations climate talks in Glasgow have begun. Much attention so far has rightly focused on the emissions reduction ambition each nation...