It's time to speak up about noise pollution in the oceans
Sep 02, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Ask most people about pollution, and they will think of rubbish, plastic, oil, smog, and chemicals. After some thought, most folks might also suggest noise pollution. Were all familiar with noise around us, and we know...
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...
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...
Climate change will create new ecosystems, so let's help plants move
Aug 23, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Nature
Australias ecosystems are already showing the signs of climate change, from the recent death of mangrove forests in northern Australia, to the decline in birds in eastern Australia, to the inability of mountain ash forests...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight