• More clouds could mean less rain in Australia

    Kim Reid     |      December 6, 2019

    A giant, continent-sized cloud that dumps rain from Broome to Hobart has increased in frequency over the past 33 years, but its impact may not be what you expect.

  • A splash of green can banish the blues

    Kathleen Wolf     |      December 5, 2019

    Urban greening is emerging as a key part of the solution to some of our major health and environmental challenges.  Here are eight ways to bring a little bit of nature to our city lives.  

  • Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

    Malini Sur     |      November 23, 2019

    The dust and smoke blanketing our cities challenges our usual ways of thinking about bush, farm, industry, rich city and poor city divides.

  • We’re not powerless in the face of bushfires

    Paul Read     |      November 15, 2019

    The fires devastating Australia – and other regions of the world – are a direct or indirect consequence of human actions, and so we also have the power to prevent them, if we choose to act.

  • The great outdoors

    Open Forum     |      November 14, 2019

    Australia’s national parks are worth about $145 billion a year in the improved mental health of their visitors, according to initial estimates published by a team of Griffith University researchers.

  • The burning season

    Open Forum     |      November 12, 2019

    The early-season bushfires in Queensland and NSW and ‘catastrophic’ conditions around Sydney are a worrying sign of more to come over the summer.

  • Restoring the balance of nature

    Open Forum     |      November 9, 2019

    A group of international conservationists is urging governments across the globe to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on the natural world.

  • It’s not ‘wild dog’ management – we’re just killing dingoes

    Open Forum     |      November 4, 2019

    Dingo or just wild dog? A new study busts the misconception that pure dingoes are extinct in NSW – and finds several ‘dingo hotspots’ around the state.

  • Swan-song for the honey-eater

    Open Forum     |      November 1, 2019

    The genetic history of a critically endangered songbird shows its best chance of survival is to protect its rapidly disappearing habitat.

  • Australia’s silent spring

    Martine Maron     |      October 30, 2019

    Vast areas of native Australian vegetation continue to be cleared for our cities, farms and infrastructure, threatening once common birds as well as the endangered species protected, to some extent, by legislation.

  • Managing the hidden water beneath our feet

    Rebecca Nelson     |      October 23, 2019

    Decision-makers have significant discretion when it comes to regulating groundwater, but there is too little transparency about how it is used and its effect on the local environment.

  • Let’s use our nature strips for nature

    Adrian Marshall     |      October 19, 2019

    Given that more than a third of our public green space is nature strip, many small actions of residents by planting and caring for appropriate trees can add up to substantial positive change for wildlife and the human environment.