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27 Aug 2020
Need a mood lift? We’ve tracked 4 ways Australia’s environment has repaired itself in 2020
Researchers have collated measurements made by satellites, field sensors and people, to get a picture of the nature's recovery while we've been in lockdown.
12 Aug 2020
Scientists devised a cheap, ingenious trick to save this bird from a blood-sucking maggot – and it works brilliantly
Saving endangered species from extinction is a challenging job that requires creative, affordable and effective interventions. In a rare good news story for conservation, we came up with one such method.
10 Aug 2020
‘It is not easy’: how science and courage saved the stunning Australian Alps
From an effigy hanging from a noose to an angry opponent wielding scissors, those who've sought to protect the precious Australian Alps have always been up against it.
23 Jul 2020
The climate won’t warm as much as we feared – but it will warm more than we hoped
We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains uncertain.
17 Jul 2020
Australian cities are quiet during lockdown. Earthquake scientists are making the most of it
Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only essential shops and businesses are open.
14 Jul 2020
Fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island is teeming with feral cats. It’s bad news for this little marsupial
The wild western end of the island, once a vast mallee woodland peppered with wildflowers and mobs of roaming roos, had been completely erased. An immense dune field covered with sharp blackened sticks now stretched beyond the horizon, to the sea, hollow and quiet.
10 Jul 2020
Intensive farming is eating up the Australian continent – but there's another way
It's painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming's demands. There's another way – but it involves accepting nature's limits.
10 Jul 2020
Our field cameras melted in the bushfires. When we opened them, the results were startling
After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.
7 Jul 2020
How COVID-19 undermines sustainability
Amid the dire consequences of COVID-19, some consider the pandemic to the best news the environment has received in a long time.
6 Jul 2020
Why outer space matters in a post-pandemic world
Australia's space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.
