Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market
Feb 26, 2021 14:17 pm UTC| Nature Economy
Australias electricity market is unsustainable. Texas shows us why. A week ago Texas experienced a bout of severe weather as arctic air reached deep into the state, driving temperature down to levels that had not been...
How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold
Feb 20, 2021 12:16 pm UTC| Nature
Americans often take electricity for granted until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in Texas have placed considerable focus on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, the nonprofit...
Why African countries must invest more in earth sciences
Feb 12, 2021 09:23 am UTC| Nature Investing
The African continent contains some of the worlds richest mineral resources. For instance, the Democratic Republic of Congo produces most of the worlds cobalt; Rwanda, Ethiopia and Mozambique are major contributors to...
Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here's why
Feb 12, 2021 08:13 am UTC| Technology Nature
The worlds most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon the raw...
Feb 12, 2021 07:58 am UTC| Nature Science
Water is essential to life as we know it and it seems completely normal to have water all around us. Yet Earth is the only known planet to be covered by oceans. Do we know exactly where its water came from? This is not...
Home-delivered food has a huge climate cost
Jan 19, 2021 02:35 am UTC| Business Nature
Over the past few years, Australians have embraced online food delivery services such as UberEats, Deliveroo and Menulog. But home-delivered food comes with a climate cost, and single-use packaging is one of the biggest...
Caravan communities: older, underinsured and overexposed to cyclones, storms and disasters
Jan 19, 2021 02:33 am UTC| Nature
News of storms battering parts of Queensland and the threat posed by Cyclone Kimi reminded me of a recent experience Id had. A few months after Cyclone Marcus unleashed havoc on Darwin in 2018, uprooting trees and...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well