Dec 04, 2023 12:51 pm UTC| Nature Life
For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the annual United Nations climate conference in 2023. More than 130 countries signed a declaration on Dec. 1, committing to make their food systems ...
A home among the gum trees: will the Great Koala National Park actually save koalas?
Dec 04, 2023 12:28 pm UTC| Nature
Its a visionary idea: a national park for koalas. Conceived over a decade ago, the idea gained prominence after Labor took the idea to three successive elections in New South Wales. Now theyre in office and have finally...
COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ
Dec 01, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Nature
Climate change has many effects, but one of the most significant will feature for the first time at COP28 its impact on human health. Now under way in Dubai, the latest Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...
Fallen autumn leaves are a valuable resource – here's how to make the most of them
Nov 25, 2023 07:39 am UTC| Nature
Towards the end of autumn the days get colder and shorter. This triggers the reduction of the plant hormone auxin in most deciduous trees, which start to shed their leaves. In natural woodlands, this isnt an issue....
Nov 21, 2023 04:05 am UTC| Nature
The cover of The Conversion is an image of two yellow-tailed black cockatoos ascending against a pale sky, their horizontal outstretched wings crossed by the vertical lines that run from their beaks to their tail...
Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here's why
Nov 21, 2023 04:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Does the prediction that there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050 concern you? How about reports that we eat a credit cards worth of plastic per week? These are some of the facts about plastic that are...
Nov 19, 2023 06:02 am UTC| Nature
The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by offsetting them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But its an idea we need to...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do