India's wells are running dry, fast

Jun 17, 2017 16:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Over the past three years, the monsoon the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region has been weak or delayed across much of India, causing widespread water shortages. With the onset...

Climate Change Series

Volcanoes under the ice: melting Antarctic ice could fight climate change

Jun 16, 2017 05:05 am UTC| Nature

Iron is not commonly famous for its role as a micronutrient for tiny organisms dwelling in the cold waters of polar oceans. But iron feeds plankton, which in turn hold carbon dioxide in their bodies. When they die, the...

12 States Threatened To Sue EPA Over Intent To Rollback Emissions Standards

Jun 13, 2017 08:29 am UTC| Politics Nature Law

In 2011, then President Barrack Obama introduced new standards in carbon emissions involving vehicles that forced car companies to make important changes in how they made vehicles. Now that Donald Trump is the president...

Future of Coal Series

Coal Kills More Americans Than 9/11 Attack Every Year; 52,000 According To Study

Jun 08, 2017 07:18 am UTC| Technology Nature

President Donald Trump said that he backed out of the Paris Climate Accord in order to increase jobs in the Fossil Fuel industry. This includes coal and oil, two of the most destructive elements in the energy industry....

How Hokusai's Great Wave came into the world

Jun 02, 2017 11:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

By the time Katsushika Hokusai painted The Great Wave he was already a celebrity in Japan. The iconic painting was produced in 1831 as part of a print series, Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji, when the Japanese artist was 71...

How our research is helping clean up coal-mining pollution in a World Heritage-listed river

Jun 01, 2017 14:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Wollangambe River in New South Wales is a unique gift of nature, flowing through the stunning Wollemi National Park, wilderness areas and the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains. Its an adventure tourism hotspot, with...

Let cities speak: reclaiming a place for community with sounds

May 22, 2017 13:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

This is the second of two Let Cities Speak articles. While Western city soundscapes are increasingly homogeneous, these articles seek to explore the sounds that still define us and the ways in which we might discover new...