Last month, the Australian National University contracted with the Social Research Centre (SRC) to survey more than 3,000 Australian adults about their experiences and attitudes related to the bushfires. By Nicholas Biddle, Ben Edwards, Diane Herz and Toni Makkai The study is the first of its kind to gauge how […]
Scientists are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste, such as a banana peel, into valuable graphene that can then strengthen concrete and other composite materials. By Science Daily Graphene is the […]
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has thrown his support behind a climate action bill proposed by the independent Zali Steggall and has urged the major parties to put down the cudgels and support it. By Katharine Murphy and Adam Morton And the Australian Energy Council, representing major electricity and gas businesses, […]
For the first time, an intervention – lifting weights – has been able to slow and even halt degeneration, over a long period, in brain areas particularly vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have found that six months of strength training (lifting weights) can help protect brain areas especially vulnerable to […]
Did you see the news about the massacre of koalas in a logging operation in Portland, Victoria recently? By Airdre Grant Reports are that approximately 500 koalas were bulldozed along with their trees and left there in a tangled mess with the trees, wounded, dead and dying. A passer-by filmed […]
The simulators used to forecast warming have suddenly started giving us less time. By Eric Roston There are dozens of climate models, and for decades they’ve agreed on what it would take to heat the planet by about 3° Celsius. It’s an outcome that would be disastrous—flooded cities, agricultural failures, […]
Forest scientists say prescribed burning is best used in a targeted way to help protect assets. By Adam Morton Hazard reduction burning had little to no effect in slowing the severe fires that devastated more than 5m hectares across New South Wales this summer, an analysis has found. Forest scientists […]
A deadly new coronavirus has now reached at least 13 countries. As of Monday 27 January, there are 2794 confirmed cases of the virus, while tens of thousands of people are being kept under medical supervision around the world. Eighty-one people have died with the virus as at 26 January […]
From wild weather to huge ecosystem shifts, dramatic effects from global warming are already baked in – but by acting now we can prevent the worst. By Graham Lawton IT IS probably the best deal we can hope for – but it is considerably worse than the one we have […]
From space, Australia’s smoke plumes can look like aggressive rivers, flowing relentlessly from the nation’s southeastern forests and bushlands. By Mark Kaufman But this fire season’s colossal blazes — born under record-breaking heat and dryness — can’t be written off as the dark days of 2019-2020, a time in history […]