Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse

Jul 12, 2019 09:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to the northern ice sheet. We will have to wait to see if 2019 continues to break ice-melt records, but in the rapidly warming Arctic the...

We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here's how to stop it going to landfill

Jul 12, 2019 09:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Australian construction industry has grown significantly in the past two decades. Population growth has led to the need for extensive property development, better public transport and improved infrastructure. This...

How to fight wildfires and climate change with wetlands

Jul 07, 2019 15:10 pm UTC| Nature

As unlikely as it may sound, a new approach for fighting the destruction of wildfires in Canadas boreal region may lie in unassuming wetlands packed with soaking wet layers of peat and topped with living moss. These...

What happens when a country drowns?

Jul 03, 2019 21:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Global climate change is endangering small island countries, many of them developing nations, potentially harming their ability to function as independent states. As international environmental co-operation stalls, we...

Retire all existing and planned fossil fuel power plants to limit warming to 1.5°C

Jul 03, 2019 21:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

It will be very difficult to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enough to halt global heating at 1.5C the threshold at which catastrophic climate change becomes more likely according to a new paper published in...

Total solar eclipses reveal the dark and stormy side of the sun we never see

Jul 03, 2019 20:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

In astronomy, we have a common saying: good luck, and clear skies. For an eclipse chaser like me, this is especially important. We have two minutes and no second chance one small cloud can spoil everything. Thousands...

Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear

Jul 03, 2019 20:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Greenland has been in the news a bit lately. From Huskies seemingly walking on water, to temperatures soaring to 20℃ above average for the time of year, to predictions of the vast ice sheet being lost entirely, what is...