Post of the Day
‘Shocking’: wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds
Researchers say loss of 1.9m square kilometres of intact ecosystems will have ‘profound implications’ for biodiversity
On This Day
Rosh Hashanah ends
Ecological Observance
Forestry and Timber Industry Worker’s Day
Coronavirus Watch
Coronavirus to slow Australian population growth rate
Fewer Australian babies will be born over the next two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, contributing to the lowest population growth rate since the First World War.
Being called ‘bitch’ in the street? Lockdown fatigue is no excuse for this
Wendy Tuohy
It transpires that despite all the uplift we’re receiving from hopeful stories about kindness, my experiences of tensions you would never have expected in our small, and the wider, community are common.
‘Unprecedented times’, ‘new normal’ some of the crap sayings of 2020’s covid pandemic
Julian O’Brien
Can we all agree to consign to the annals of history some of the putrid expressions that have been repeatedly thrust upon us all in this virus-riddled, hell-hole of a year?
Climate Change
Undersea earthquakes shake up climate science
Sound generated by seismic events on the seabed can be used to determine the temperature of Earth’s warming oceans.
National
PM’s taskforce backing gas expansion received advice from lobbying firm with Saudi links
Exclusive: documents released under freedom of information also show firm tried to set up meeting with Queensland premier
National Zoo and Aquarium visitor numbers still down despite relaxed rules
Globally, zoos have banded together to use coronavirus restrictions as an opportunity to study the impact visitors have on animals.
Commission for the Human Future calls for action on global catastrophic risks
The growing list of signatories have responded to a commission’s report, following a roundtable held at the Australian National University in March bringing together leading experts across health, climate change, economics and public policy, which identified 10 potentially catastrophic global risks.
Freshwater turtles could be the solution to keeping the Murray-Darling clean and to helping eradicate carp from the river system, a study finds
Our coal-fondling PM switches his prop to gas, but is anything really different?
Jacqueline Maley
The government has a plan for a plan on energy. So does the opposition. We deserve better.
ACT
To tree or not to tree? Watson church holds fears over safety of 350yo gum
A 350-year-old gum tree is stirring up a debate about safety and heritage.
Try not using bait when you’ve got a plague of rats
B. R. Doherty
Everyone knows our place better than we do.
Queensland
Recyclers want Qld to clean up its act with an independent environmental watchdog
Queensland is the only state without an environmental protection agency, and the recycling industry wants that to change.
Bob Brown wanted to ‘work magic’ for coal jobs [$]
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says he will pay for Bob Brown’s quarantine so the former Greens leader can return to Queensland to attend a tongue-in-cheek event celebrating the mining industry.
South Australia
Record-breaking rain hits parts of South Australia
Heavy rain has hit parts of South Australia, bringing a slight reprieve to desperate farmers after years of drought.
Tasmania
Tamar Discovery Day hosts the curious to educate about the river’s health [$]
Tamar River lovers got a taste of the many scientific and historic facets the area has during Tamar Discovery Day at Seahorse World.
A new feature-length documentary on the struggles of environmental activists, including some prominent Tasmanian ones, has just been released.
Western Australia
MP Warren Entsch puts Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue on notice over sacred sites
A new resolution to mining companies is asking for a halt to activities that may impact sacred sites until relevant laws are strengthened.
Finances come first as AFL continues to turn blind eye to Rio Tinto’s heinous conduct
A corporate partnership with the mining magnate remains in place despite clear moral, ethical and legal concerns
Sustainability
3Q: Fighting racism in nuclear community
A group of nuclear scientists recently published a call for anti-racist action in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, urging researchers and their colleagues to confront a long legacy of racial disparities and injustices in the history of the nuclear field, many of which continue today.
SuppliedNorth Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is poised to showcase a terrifying new doomsday nuke which can flatten cities anywhere in the US.
Proposal to use prison labor on Malaysian palm plantations prompts concern
A high-ranking figure in the Malaysian palm oil industry has proposed employing incarcerated people on the country’s plantations, prompting concern among campaigners who fear it could lead to exploitation and forced labor.
Glyphosate residue in manure fertilizer decrease strawberry and meadow fescue growth
A new study finds that glyphosate residue from herbicides in manure fertilizer decrease the growth of strawberry and meadow fescue as well as runner production of strawberry.
A better informed society can prevent lead poisoning disasters
Engineering corrosion experts propose modern methods for water problems such as those that plagued Flint, Michigan
Is global high-speed internet worth losing a clear night sky?
Jonah Hansen
A few weeks ago, I was helping out with a stargazing night at Mount Stromlo when I spotted something interesting in the sky.
‘Shocking’: wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years, study finds
Researchers say loss of 1.9m square kilometres of intact ecosystems will have ‘profound implications’ for biodiversity
Don’t look away now: are viewers finally ready for the truth about nature?
For decades David Attenborough delighted millions with tales of life on Earth. But now the broadcaster wants us to face up to the state of the planet
Birds ‘falling out of the sky’ in mass die-off in south-western US
Wildfires and climate crisis cited as possible causes for the deaths of thousands of migrating species heading south for the winter
Mapping the 1.6 billion people who live near forests
Global maps of places where people and forests coexist show that an estimated 1.6 billion people live within 5 kilometers of a forest. The assessment, based on data from 2000 and 2012, showed that of these 1.6 billion ‘forest-proximate people,’ 64.5 percent were located in tropical countries, and 71.3 percent lived in countries classified as low or middle income by the World Bank.
Just like Australia, disinformation is thriving during the US fire crisis
Jason Wilson
In both countries, fake news about arson proliferated while the role of climate change was obscured
Maelor Himbury
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