Tag: Climate change
Ancient mud reveals Australia’s burning history over the past 130,000 years – and shows a way through our fiery future
Indigenous land management in southeastern Australia halved forest shrub cover 6,000 years ago, reducing high-intensity bushfires
Grattan on Friday: a possible Trump victory is making the Albanese government cagey about its 2035 climate target
If Donald Trump wins the US presidency on November 5, his victory will have profound implications for other countries on many fronts. Not least of them will be climate change policy.
Where did all these dragonflies come from?
All of a sudden, dragonflies are everywhere – but they’ve been waiting a long time for their chance to take to the air.
Less about climate change, more on reducing migration: here’s what matters most to Australian voters
We asked thousands of people what issues are most important to them. While the top priorities are the same as in 2022, if we look a bit deeper, what Australians care about is shifting.
Climate in the courtroom: all sides are using ‘green lawfare’, and it’s good for democracy
While it’s easy to demonise environmentalists for using the courts to further their causes, a fundamental part of any democracy is access to the legal system.
We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse
Few observations exist from before the 2002 Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse. We’ve now estimated how many billions of tons of glacier ice were lost – and what it means for the future.
Labor gains in Newspoll as a majority of Australians oppose the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan
While Labor has a small bump in the polls, the prime minister’s net approval rating has hit its lowest point this year. But voters are more disapproving of Peter Dutton.
Grattan on Friday: the spectre of Abbott looms behind Dutton’s climate strategy
In a big-target strategy, characterised by a truck load of negativity, as well as laced with a dash of policy adventurism, Peter Dutton is taking the Liberals right back to Tony Abbott’s days.
Dutton won’t announce medium term emissions targets before election – Albanese says that’s walking out of Paris
Dutton on Tuesday reaffirmed the opposition was committed to the net zero by 2050 target but said they would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the next election.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’
Clive Hamilton, who is Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, joined us to talk about what Australia can do to not only survive a hotter world.
A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work
Women play a critical role in fieldwork in the Arctic and Antarctica, but the vast majority of them report negative experiences while undertaking this research. Here’s how we can fix the problem.
NZ Budget 2024: ‘tax relief’ for the ‘squeezed middle’ – but who’s paying? 7 experts follow the money
Finance minister Nicola Willis made good on two promises with her first budget – tax cuts and no surprises. But the belt tightening required to do that will have longer-term consequences.
Women are 14 times more likely to die in a climate disaster than men. It’s just one way climate change is gendered
Women and gender-diverse people bear the brunt of climate change’s negative affects. If Australia wants to be taken seriously on climate action, this needs addressing.
Tonga’s volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the rest of the decade, new study shows
Our new research predicts how Hunga Tonga’s vast underwater eruption in 2022 will change winters worldwide for years to come – as far away as Australia, North America and even Scandinavia.
We mapped a lost branch of the Nile River – which may be the key to a longstanding mystery of the pyramids
Why build pyramids in the desert? A centuries-old puzzle may be answered by the slow wandering of the Nile.
