Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers
Mar 06, 2019 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
This is an edited version of Steve Hatfield-Dodds opening address to the Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics National Outlook Conference to be delivered on 5 March 2019. The National Farmers Federation wants...
Suffering in the heat: the rise in marine heatwaves is harming ocean species
Mar 06, 2019 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In the midst of a raging heatwave, most people think of the ocean as a nice place to cool down. But heatwaves can strike in the ocean as well as on land. And when they do, marine organisms of all kinds plankton, seaweed,...
An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct
Mar 06, 2019 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series...
Students don't feel safe on public transport but many have no choice but to use it
Mar 06, 2019 13:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The worst-case scenario has happened twice for young women using public transport in Melbourne in the past nine months. In June 2018, Eurydice Dixon, 23, was walking from the tram to her home, through a well-used park just...
How do we save ageing Australians from the heat? Greening our cities is a good start
Mar 01, 2019 13:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Heatwaves have killed more Australians than road accidents, fires, floods and all other natural disasters combined. Although recent research shows extreme cold is a worry in some parts of Australia, our hottest summer on...
Carbon emissions: our research shows a decade of steady decline across Europe and the US
Feb 26, 2019 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A sliver of hope against a backdrop of gloom: 18 countries showed a sustained decline in their carbon emissions from fossil fuel use over the past decade. This trend, averaging 2.2% a year over the period 2005-2015, is...
Eighteen countries showing the way to carbon zero
Feb 26, 2019 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Eighteen countries from developed economies have had declining carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels for at least a decade. While every nation is unique, they share some common themes that can show Australia, and the...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects