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Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it?

Landsat Nextis the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. Here's what it means for Australia.

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Mon, 12 Aug 2019

But what will the liveability of our cities be like in 40 years’ time?

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Mon, 12 Aug 2019

We can’t achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement without managing emissions from land use, according to the IPCC.

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Mon, 29 Jul 2019

Available water supply is not only determined by rainfall. It also depends on water storage.

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Mon, 15 Jul 2019

There are worrying signs Antarctica is changing faster than expected and in places previously thought to be protected from rapid change.

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Mon, 08 Jul 2019

No part of the planet is free from the impacts of human-caused climate change. But Greenland is experiencing the impacts particularly severely.

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Mon, 01 Jul 2019

Conventional conservation approaches are unlikely to lead to effective coexistence between humans and large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes.

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Mon, 24 Jun 2019

The idea of being able to send instructions to organisms in different kingdoms is fascinating.

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Wed, 19 Jun 2019

In an ideal world, people would look at issues with a clear focus only on the facts. But in the real world, we know that doesn’t happen often.

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Tue, 14 May 2019

Scientists can teach us how to exist in the face of existential dread.

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