Our minds handle risk strangely – and that's partly why we delayed climate action so long
Nov 07, 2023 09:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
We now have a very narrow window to significantly and rapidly slash greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most disastrous effects of climate change, with just an estimated six years left before we blow our carbon budget to...
Nov 07, 2023 09:04 am UTC| Nature
As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same...
The wildfires that led to mass extinction: a warning from California's Ice Age history – podcast
Nov 05, 2023 20:35 pm UTC| Nature
In recent years, Californians have had to deal with some deadly and destructive wildfires. But in fact, this part of the western United States has been shaped by fire for millennia. In this episode of The Conversation...
Storm Ciarán is breaking records and research suggests more severe weather in future
Nov 05, 2023 20:32 pm UTC| Nature
Storm Ciarán made landfall in south-west England and northern France overnight on November 1, with heavy rain and winds blowing up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph). The UK Met Office names storms each winter...
El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere – here's how that affects the whole planet
Nov 05, 2023 20:32 pm UTC| Nature
It is a well-known fact that water is the key to life on Earth. But it is less well known that only about 1% of all water on the planet is fresh water available to humans, plants or land-based animals. The rest is in...
The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
Oct 31, 2023 09:16 am UTC| Business
Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern...
How to beat 'rollout rage': the environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia
Oct 23, 2023 08:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australias energy transition. In August, Victorias Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny made a decision that could set a difficult precedent...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well