A land of drought and flooding rains

Understanding the interaction between increasing rainfall and dry soil conditions can help us make better plans to handle the consequences of climate change.

The fine lines of climate skepticism

The battle lines in the climate debate appear clearly defined, but not all ‘disbelievers’ are the same and more nuance from both sides of the argument would help progress to be made.

New discovery may help cut agricultural methane emissions

An international research collaboration has made an important discovery in the quest to help lower global agricultural methane emissions.

Australia and France should collaborate on environmental security

A new report outlines the risk to security from environmental threats in the Southern Ocean and the ways in which France and Australia can collaborate to mitigate them.

A cultural shift helps safeguard the reef

The tourist industry on the Great Barrier Reef is being encouraged to use a novel low-cost device to help secure coral fragments to the reef.

Sharks v humans – Who’s the real predator?

Changing the way in which sharks are portrayed, and the way in which the risks are exaggerated and presented to people, is a vital step in saving these magnificent creatures from destruction by man.

Putting climate change under the microscope

An international group of leading microbiologists have issued a warning that microbes are threatened by climate change in ways which could undermine the complex biosphere on which all life depends.

Half of NSW’s coastal dwellers don’t think sea levels will affect them

50% of surveyed NSW coastal users don’t think a rise in sea levels will affect them, according to a new report into the NSW community’s views on coastal hazards.

Soil carbon holds the key to combating climate change

Curtin University research has provided new insights to support more effective management of soil carbon in a bid to help combat global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

An island haven for frogs in a world of extinctions

New Guinea is one of the only places in the world where frogs are safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungus. An international team of scientists has published a new paper that shows how to keep it that way, but they need help to carry out their plan.

Where is international leadership when we need it?

Without better global leadership on climate change our best days are behind us, yet many are turning to a Swedish schoolgirl for leadership rather than the ruling global elite.

More fishing boats are chasing fewer fish

A new analysis of global fishing data has found the world’s fishing fleet doubled in size over the 65-years to 2015 but for the amount of effort expended the catch fell more than 80 per cent.