Rotting forest wood releases a whopping 10.9 billion tonnes of carbon each year. This will increase under climate change
If you’ve wandered through a forest, you’ve probably dodged dead, rotting branches or stumps scattered on the ground. This is…
If you’ve wandered through a forest, you’ve probably dodged dead, rotting branches or stumps scattered on the ground. This is…
Imagine it’s summer in Australia and a bushfire is bearing down on your suburb. Are you the pragmatic type –…
Odds are, if you’ve seen a cat prowling around your neighbourhood, it doesn’t have an owner. Australia is home to…
Scientists recently confirmed the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, due to uncontrolled burning and…
If you’ve ever visited Australia’s highest peak — Mount Kosciuszko — you might remember the long uphill trek to the…
Imagine having to fly non-stop for five days over thousands of kilometres of ocean for your survival. That’s what the…
This week was another big one in the land of climate litigation. On Thursday, a New South Wales court compelled…
Marine organisms found in New Zealand’s past and present coastal waters. Tom Womack, CC BY-ND New Zealand may be relatively…
A long-anticipated plan to reform Australia’s electricity system was released on Thursday. One of the most controversial proposals by the…
This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between predators (all…
There’s no shortage of evidence pointing to the need to act urgently on climate change. Most recently, a report by…
In just five years, greater gliders — fluffy-eared, tree-dwelling marsupials — could go from vulnerable to endangered, because Australia’s environmental…
For three days this month, 7 billion tonnes of rain fell across Greenland — the largest amount since records began…
Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s new series introducing you to unloved animals that…