Going for... green? Why Rio's swimming pools are changing colour
Aug 11, 2016 08:34 am UTC| Nature Sports
On Monday, the diving pool at the Rio Olympics was fine. By Tuesday, it had turned green. Now, the water polo pool is showing a distinctly green tone. Authorities were quick to deny that the green pool posed a risk to...
As the climate changes, are 750 million refugees predicted to move away from flooding?
Aug 04, 2016 10:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on QA, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by...
State of the Climate 2015: global warming and El Niño sent records tumbling
Aug 04, 2016 10:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The State of the Climate in 2015 report, led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was released yesterday. Unfortunately, it paints a grim picture of the worlds climate last year. For a second...
Can 'climate corridors' help species adapt to warming world?
Aug 03, 2016 06:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
If you flip over a log in a forest in the southeastern U.S., you are likely to find a squirming salamander. A healthy forest floor, full of fallen branches and rotting leaves, provides these amphibians with the...
Parakeets are the new pigeons – and they're on course for global domination
Aug 01, 2016 07:14 am UTC| Nature
Love them or hate them, ring-necked parakeets have invaded Europe and theyre here to stay. Already a staple of many urban parks and gardens around the UK, some of these charismatic bright green birds are now so comfortable...
What causes asthma? Clues from London's Great Smog with implications for air pollution today
Jul 26, 2016 06:20 am UTC| Health Nature
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition with no known cure. It impacts people of all ages through episodic constrictions of the airways, which may be even worse than it sounds. Approximately 334 million people worldwide...
Can a battery factory ever be fully green?
Jul 26, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Technology Nature
Like Henry Ford before him, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is taking a new approach to car making. Where Ford focused on manufacturing a car that the mass market could afford, Musk is keen to build a vehicle that the...
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