May 16, 2019 03:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
It is understandable that Captain Cook is a trigger for debates about our national identity and history. However, we often risk being blinded by the legacy of Cook. Around the continent, early encounters with outsiders...
May 16, 2019 03:25 am UTC| Nature
Its a 50km long patch in the middle of Queensland thats causing a lot of trouble, but many people couldnt even point it out on a map. Queensland Government - Coordinated Projects Map The Adani Carmichael coal mine has...
Debate: How financial initiatives that tackle global warming can make a real impact
May 13, 2019 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy
Awareness and concern over climate change and its impacts has risen sharply in recent years. According to a December 2018 survey by Yale University, 73 percent of Americans now say that global warming is real, up 10...
El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records
May 07, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new category of El...
Why the southern resident killer whales should have the same rights as people
Apr 27, 2019 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Each year, the number of southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea on the Pacific coast declines yet another species on the road to extinction. Last summer, many grieved as they watched an orca named J35, also...
The quest to save the banana from extinction
Apr 21, 2019 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Panama disease, an infection that ravages banana plants, has been sweeping across Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. The impact has been devastating. In the Philippines alone, losses have totalled US$400m. And...
Cities and countries aim to slash plastic waste within a decade
Apr 21, 2019 11:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
If all goes well, 2030 will be quite a special year. Global and local community leaders from more than 170 countries have pledged to significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic products by 2030. Success would...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects