Climate Change Authority suggests emissions trading but no new climate targets
Aug 31, 2016 09:32 am UTC| Law Nature
An intensity-based emissions trading scheme for the electricity sector, to begin in 2018, is among a toolkit of policies recommended by the Climate Change Authority in a report setting out how Australia can meet its...
Aug 30, 2016 09:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In Europe, the majority of oil and gas production (OGP) comes from mature offshore facilities that are approaching the end of their lifespan. The current low oil price is prompting decisions about the decommissioning of...
Cutting ARENA would devastate clean energy research
Aug 30, 2016 08:58 am UTC| Nature
This weeks first sitting of the 45th Parliament of Australia is considering a A$6.5 billion omnibus savings bill, including a proposed cut of A$1.3 billion to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). If adopted, it...
An official welcome to the Anthropocene epoch – but who gets to decide it's here?
Aug 30, 2016 08:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Its literally epoch-defining news. A group of experts tasked with considering the question of whether we have officially entered the Anthropocene the geological age characterised by humans influence on the planet has...
Italy's deadly earthquake is the latest in a history of destruction
Aug 27, 2016 13:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The Appenines region of central Italy has been struck by a deadly earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.2. The quake, which had an epicentre roughly 10km southeast of Norcia, Italy, occurred just over seven years after the...
The Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised
Aug 26, 2016 08:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, no one would have thought that their burning of fossil fuels would have an almost immediate effect on the climate. But our new study, published today in Nature, reveals that...
Suburban sprawl and poor preparation worsened flood damage in Louisiana
Aug 23, 2016 09:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
This months extraordinary flooding in southeast Louisiana damaged some 40,000 homes, prompting more than 70,000 people to sign up for FEMA assistance. The proximate cause was a slow-moving storm system that dropped up to...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects