Can you believe it? Not content with befouling our planet, let’s bugger up the moon too. But does accord with Preznit Trumpwit’s America First policy?
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From: Maelor Himbury <M.Himbury@acfonline.org.au>
Date: 6 August 2025 at 8:35:46 am GMT+10
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Subject: Daily Links Aug 6
Date: 6 August 2025 at 8:35:46 am GMT+10
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Daily Links Aug 6
Post of the Day
Between 2003 and 2021, Earth saw a net boost in photosynthesis, mainly thanks to land plants thriving in warming, wetter conditions—especially in temperate and high-latitude regions. Meanwhile, ocean algae struggled in increasingly stratified and nutrient-poor tropical waters.
On This Day
Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus – Western Christianity
Climate Change
Louise Devenish
Climate modelling is spoken about often by climate scientists. These complex, computer-generated calculations enable scientists to make predictions about the climate of the future
National
A wet finish to the year is increasingly favoured across Australia as a major climate driver emerges for the first time in three years.
More than 110,000 Australians have started the financial year inside a new vehicle, with automotive groups recording the highest sales ever for the month of July.
Consumer brands also told Environment Minister Murray Watt they want a nationally consistent container recycling scheme.
SBS News In Depth podcast
According to a new report by the Productivity Commission, Australia’s long-term economic prosperity can be boosted by tackling climate change. In the second of five reports, the independent advisory body outlines a set of recommended climate related actions and environmental law reforms that would help bolster economic growth. It comes ahead of a government summit aimed at lifting Australia’s lagging productivity, and as the federal government considers its emission reduction target for 2035.
Judith Sloan
A national register of all homes according to climate resilience? The Productivity Commission should have refreshed its memory of The Three Little Pigs to appreciate the absurdity of this proposal.
Felicity Deane
Bold economic ideas are flowing ahead of this month’s roundtable convened by the Albanese Government, aimed at boosting Australia’s productivity and economy, and repairing the budget. Among the biggest ideas to emerge is: should Australia resurrect its carbon price?
Michael Barnard
The Productivity Commission assumes removing subsidies will bring private capital into renewables despite continuing profit uncertainties. A new book makes clear this scenario is unlikely.
Victoria
The announcement by Solstice Energy will affect more than 1,000 customers, who will be forced to go electric or change to bottled gas.
The local mayor says the quarry’s approval is one of the worst planning failures in Victoria.
Aria Yangfan Huang et al
At the start and end of every school day, many Australian children head to the carpark or street to get picked up. While they’re waiting, they will be breathing in a mix of toxic gases and particle pollution.
New South Wales
“Time to humanely euthanise Barilaro’s Brumby Bill”: Liberals move to repeal protections for wild horses in Kosciuszko causes crack in Coalition.
Queensland
The Australian Institute of Marine Science says coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef has declined after mass bleaching events, with experts warning it faces a future of “increased volatility
Bleaching, cyclones, and the crown-of-thorns starfish have seen our Great Barrier Reef’s hard coral cover decline, but it’s holding it’s own against other reefs around the world.
Peter Ridd
It is well recognised that most areas of scientific study are suffering a problem of reliability. Is there any other profession with such a high failure rate?
Daniela Ceccarelli et al
Official analysis of 124 reefs on the Great Barrier Reef shows coral cover has dropped sharply after a record-breaking marine heatwave in 2024, prompting grave fears over the trajectory of the natural wonder.
South Australia
Rosanna Mangiarelli
The mind boggles. The blood boils. And South Australians wonder what summer has in store while Canberra refuses to acknowledge this real life horror movie.
Tasmania
Tasmania’s Declaration of Polls ceremony has turned tense as newly-elected MPs clash over the future of salmon farming in state waters.
Sustainability
The talks, being held in Geneva in Switzerland, are aimed at participating countries reaching a global treaty on combating plastic pollution.
NASA’s reported plan to build a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon comes against the backdrop of intensifying competition with China.
As schools swap grass for plastic, scientists warn that the heat-soaked, tire-filled surfaces may expose young athletes to toxic chemicals while communities struggle to recycle the fields.
An eight-month investigation by Deep Science Ventures concludes that synthetic chemicals saturating food, water, and air may be fuelling global surges in cancer, cognitive disorders, and falling sperm counts.
Experts and Hiroshima survivors say the world is closer to nuclear arms use than at any time since the Cold War, yet public pressure for disarmament has faded.
Dennis Glover
The bombing of two Japanese cities is a reminder of how nations that begin conflicts as champions of the rules of war can end up justifying the mass killing of innocent civilians.
Nature Conservation
After 90% loss of global sunflower sea star population in 10 years, researchers hope decline can now be tackled
[The%20race%20to%20save%20our%20oceans%20could%20sink%20us%20without%20rules]The race to save our oceans could sink us without rules
Climate interventions are accelerating in our oceans – but without responsible governance, they could do more harm than good, according to new research.
[Grand%20Canyon%20wildfire%20balloons%20into%20nation’s%20largest%20as%20staffing%20cuts%20bite]Grand Canyon wildfire balloons into nation’s largest as staffing cuts bite
A lightning-sparked blaze near the North Rim has torched more than 123,000 acres since July 4, forcing Grand Canyon National Park to close for the remainder of the season with firefighters holding only 13% containment.
Maelor Himbury | Library Volunteer
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