Glacier hazards on the increase in the warming world
University of Western Australia Media Release A global team of scientists including The University of Western Australia has found glacier detachments, which are highly destructive […]
Environment
UniSA researcher joins new national program to protect the Antarctic
University of South Australia Media Release UniSA and South Australian Museum invertebrates expert, Associate Professor Mark Stevens, will join a team of leading Antarctic researchers […]
Is a Food Crisis the next big hit for humanity?
By Julian Cribb As the world reels under corona virus and the resulting economic meltdown, another crisis – far more serious – appears to be […]
Corruption must be rooted out and climate change action returned to the agenda
It was fortuitous for the Coalition government that the Covid-19 virus should disrupt the world at the moment when the integrity of the government’s actions […]
Climate Vse Corona Virus
Existential threat and the generational divide. While the world as we know it collapses around us the politicians and pundits are in a tailspin. Words […]
Designing a city without cars – for the sake of the kids
UniSA Media Release More than half of Australian households own two or more motor vehicles, while only seven per cent own none – we are, […]
Going, going, gone. Koalas and their uncertain future west of the ‘sandstone curtain’
By David C. Paull In early February this year, I appeared as a witness to the New South Wales Upper House Inquiry into Koala populations […]
Costing the earth – the price of not acting on climate change
By Elizabeth Dangerfield Apparently, the public do not respond well to doom and gloom, but the truth is that reality denying is rife when it […]
Carbon Neutral by 2050 … or earlier
By Dr John Töns The Labor Party has announced its commitment to Australia becoming Carbon Neutral by 2050. The proposal has been dismissed out of hand […]
The enemy is at our door!
I am fairly sure that when, at the beginning of WWII, Britain established a War Cabinet to decide strategies and policies to enable the country […]
The War on Climate Change has already begun and we are losing. How on Earth are we going to win it?
By Elizabeth Dangerfield Not by burying our heads in the sand. Not by waiting for everyone to be reasonable and listen to the evidence. Not by […]
Local solutions for global problems
The world is in a mess, which is getting worse as each day goes by. In Australia, recent fires and inundations (just as predicted by […]
Manual for screwing the Earth – Part two: Strategies (iii)
By Elizabeth Dangerfield Continued from Manual for screwing the Earth – Part two: Strategies (ii) Strategy 3 – Suppress any possible opposition You can really […]
Manual for screwing the Earth – Part two: Strategies (ii)
By Elizabeth Dangerfield Continued from Manual for screwing the Earth – Part two: Strategies (i) Strategy Two – Create a Parallel Universe Remember the movie […]