Jun 26, 2020 07:13 am UTC| Nature
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. The big idea Days of extreme high heat and extreme air pollution are both increasing worldwide. Last November, New Delhi experienced a week of the...
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Jun 26, 2020 07:13 am UTC| Nature
The coronavirus pandemic, suspected of originating in bats and pangolins, has brought the risk of viruses that jump from wildlife to humans into stark focus. These leaps often happens at the edges of the worlds tropical...
Can Asia end its uncontrolled consumption of wildlife? Here's how North America did it a century ago
Jun 21, 2020 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
It was a dark time for animals. Poaching was rampant. Wild birds and mammals were being slaughtered by the thousands. An out-of-control wildlife trade was making once-common animals hard to find and pushing rare species...
Huge locust swarms are threatening food security, but drones could help stop them
Jun 21, 2020 11:24 am UTC| Nature
In recent months, food security concerns have emerged for nations across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as swarms of desert locusts wreak havoc on crops. While the same level of damage isnt currently being felt in...
Jun 14, 2020 12:29 pm UTC| Nature Technology
Almost a decade ago, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls Fish Fight campaign galvanised public opinion against the senseless waste of discarding fish. At the time this was the common practice of returning unwanted catches to the...
Jun 04, 2020 11:30 am UTC| Nature Science
This summer, for the first time, genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the U.S. On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to...
How the man-made chemical, nonylphenol, hampers the growth of fresh produce
Jun 03, 2020 13:29 pm UTC| Nature
Nonylphenol is a man-made chemical used in a wide variety of agricultural, food, industry and household products. A detergent-like substance, its main purpose is to make plastics more pliable and liquids more spreadable,...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do