How the event that killed off the dinosaurs wiped out life in Antarctica
Jun 02, 2016 09:55 am UTC| Nature
The CretaceousPaleogene mass extinction 66m years ago was the most recent of five similar crises to have devastated life on Earth over the last 540m years. It rapidly killed off an estimated 76% of species around the...
The limits of intellectual reason in our understanding of the natural world
Jun 02, 2016 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Ability to see the cultural value of wilderness boils down, in the last analysis, to a question of intellectual humility. Author and conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote these words in 1949, and they are all the more...
Australia simmers through hottest autumn on record
Jun 01, 2016 11:47 am UTC| Nature
Its the same old story: with 2016 on track to become the hottest year on record globally, and record-breaking heat already evident around the world, Australia has just experienced its hottest autumn on...
How scientists are using drones to help predict coastal erosion
May 31, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature Science
A large chunk of chalk recently collapsed into the sea from the Seven Sisters cliffs, a world-renowned beauty spot located on Englands East Sussex coastline. To many, they are a quintessentially English landmark and the...
World’s largest wind farm study finds sleep disturbances aren't related to turbine noise
May 30, 2016 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
During the Abbott government, the often recalcitrant Senate cross bench was thrown a big, juicy bone plainly intended to sweeten their disposition toward government bills which needed their support to pass. The anti- wind...
How can your bank help reduce climate change risks to your home?
May 30, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Nature
Australia is a land of extreme weather. Events such as the 2009 Victorian bushfires, the 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi in 2013 are stark examples of climate-related risks faced by Australian households. Many...
Restoring the Everglades will benefit both humans and nature
May 30, 2016 02:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Everglades National Park (ENP) is our only national wetland park, and one of the largest aquascapes in the world. Perhaps more than any other U.S. national park, ENPs treasures are hard to defend. Lying at the southern end...
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
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects