Read the latest opinion articles inspired by science.

Flooded streetscape including a house and street signs

Rising risks of climate disasters mean some communities will need to move – we need a national conversation about relocation now

While the prospect of relocation can be unsettling and traumatic for residents, it offers new opportunities and long-term benefits. But we must act now.

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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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University avenue through Kambri precinct with buildings and trees.
Tue, 23 Apr 2019

It’s time to recognise logging for short-lived wood products is a poor use of native forests.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2019

Recent temperature trends and extremes have changed the growing conditions experienced by trees and are placing autumn displays at risk.

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Building with trees in foreground.
Mon, 15 Apr 2019

Evidence from around the world shows that public investment in STEM can advance a strong economy, a healthy population and a sustainable environment.

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Building with garden in foreground.
Mon, 08 Apr 2019

Environmental news is rarely good. But even by those low standards, 2018 was especially bad.

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Kambri university precinct at night with lights.
Mon, 04 Feb 2019

Evidence uncovered by the Royal Commission has shown systemic failures in the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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Building on campus with trees.
Mon, 21 Jan 2019

The situation is a little more complicated than it may appear.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Fri, 21 Dec 2018

Ensuring the economic health of nations is one of the biggest tasks expected of governments. The elephant in the room has long been the health of the environmen

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