Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green
Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an “urban heat island effect”. It puts cities at…
Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an “urban heat island effect”. It puts cities at…
In 1897, the former whaling ship RV Belgica left Antwerp in Belgium and set sail due south. It was the…
Flash droughts strike suddenly and intensify rapidly. Often the affected areas are in drought after just weeks or a couple…
As snow falls on Antarctica, layers build up and turn to ice. Over time, this compressed snow has become a…
At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica’s sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which…
Australia can claim more than its fair share of environmental blunders, but the introduction of cane toads in 1935 surely…
Sinkholes are back in the news after a 13-year-old boy fell down a two metre deep hole in a waterlogged…
The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a…
Headlines declaring a “Black Nor’easter” appeared this week as New South Wales and Queensland copped heavy rain – and residents…
Connecting cheap, clean energy from renewables comes with a hidden cost and challenge: building 5,000 kilometres of new transmission lines…
Policy alignment sounds dry. But think of it like this: you want to make suburbs cooler and more liveable, so…
Some researchers have recently proposed the construction of artificial structures – submarine curtains or walls – to stop the warming…
Droughts can have dramatic effects in Australia – decimating agriculture, threatening water resources and devastating the environment. Much of Australia…
The horrific Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 burned more than 8 million hectares of vegetation across southeastern Australia. An estimated…