Children teach the world a climate change lesson

The school students of today will suffer the effects of climate change tomorrow. Young people who demand meaningful action on climate change therefore deserve to be heard, rather than ridiculed or silenced.

Mapping global threats to biodiversity

A University of Queensland-led team has mapped the massive extent of destructive human activities, including hunting, land clearing, urbanisation and other agro-industrial land uses, on global biodiversity.

Reconciling urbanisation and global food security

Changing our diets and food choices can have a knock-on effect on global supply and demand – even balancing the impact of our rapid urbanisation on food security.

A million urban trees for Melbourne should be just the start

Trees and green spaces are essential for urban sustainability and liveability, but so is planting the right things in the right places. Urban planners must make more room for trees and we must cherish the mature ones we have as well as planting more saplings.

More than just melting ice – the human footprint on Antarctica

The human impact on Antarctica may be more than just melting ice, according to Australian research which investigated the footprint of Antarctic research stations on the continent’s rare ice-free land.

Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers

Achieving the best for agriculture, our rural communities and the national economy will require tough choices as environmental concerns increasingly shape public attitudes and consumer choices towards destructive farming practises.

Climate change in court

A recent court ruling could signal a new direction for Australian climate law after a proposed fossil fuel development was rejected on the grounds of its climate, as well as local, impact.

Hang on to your balloons to save our seabirds

While recent bans on plastic bags have helped reduce one source of marine plastic pollution, it is balloons and their fragments which pose the biggest risk to turtles and seabirds.

Tackling climate change could boast economic growth

Australia could become a world leader in combating climate change by implementing local technologies.

Australia’s ten most damaging invasive species

Research has shown that invasive or pest species are a major problem for four out of five Australian threatened species, with rabbits, feral pigs and cats among the most destructive introduced animals.

A sharp new solution for waste glass

A new process for turning broken glass into everyday products could save tens of millions of tonnes of glass from being dumped in landfill every year.

The difficult balancing act in the Murray Darling Basin

Low inflows of water into the Murray-Darling system and heavy agricultural extraction have contributed to the cataclysmic fish-kills of recent times, and better management of the system is required to avoid a repetition.