Future of Coal Series

Why coal-fired power stations need to shut on health grounds

Dec 01, 2016 02:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The Senate inquirys report into the planned closure of coal-fired power stations will no doubt shed light on the compelling health reasons to close them. Coal-fired stations are a health hazard to their local...

Earth’s Destruction By Mankind Starkly Clear Through Google Earth Timelapse

Nov 30, 2016 10:11 am UTC| Technology Nature

Its long been known that human activity and progress has come at the cost of environmental damage, which have led to some of the most catastrophic results in recent history. With super typhoons, extreme droughts,...

The absurdity of natural history – or, why humans are 'fish'

Nov 29, 2016 17:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The human desire to classify is perhaps at its strongest when it comes to natural history. From our childhood years we are taught to put the animals we encounter in museums, living rooms and the natural environment into...

Future of Coal Series

China's plan to increase coal power by 20% is not the climate disaster it seems

Nov 27, 2016 21:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

China recently announced a 20% increase in coal power capacity by 2020. Does the new target contradict its pledge to peak carbon emissions well before 2030 under the Paris Agreement? China ratified the Paris Agreement...

These bizarre creatures defy what we think we know about plants and animals

Nov 26, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Nature

You might have played the game called animal, vegetable, mineral. One player thinks of an object or organism and the other players ask questions to try to guess what it is starting with this simple classification. But...

Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry

Nov 25, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Nature

Light pollution is changing the day-night cycle of some fish, dramatically affecting their feeding behaviour, according to our recently published study. In one of the first studies of its kind, we found that increased...

Climate Change Series

Arctic Winter Cancelled, Temperatures Rise By 20°C

Nov 23, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Nature

Winter is almost here for the rest of the world, but in the Arctic, it was supposed to have already begun. However, thanks to a sudden rise in temperature, this timeline was interrupted. Rising by 20C, ice is having...