Environment

Smarter than the average crow? – Crows plan three steps ahead like (some) humans

February 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Have you ever watched the Alfred Hitchcock film the Birds and wondered what would it be really like if birds acted together – as a collective, planned and took over the [...]

Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come

February 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Scott Hamilton, University of Melbourne Ten years ago, on February 7, 2009, the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people. More than 2,000 houses were destroyed in Victoria, [...]

The Past Four Years – The Warmest On Record

February 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Key Points: The warmest 20 years on record have been in the past 22 years Extreme and high impact weather affected many countries and millions of people Many of the extreme [...]

A million dead fish can’t be wrong we need more water returned to the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin

February 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

Rod Campbell, Research Director, The Australia Institute says there are Three things that are clear from the Royal Commission’s report into the Murray-Darling Basin The [...]

Amid blackout scare stories, remember that a grid without power cuts is impossible… and expensive

August 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne Last Friday the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its annual Electricity Statement of Opportunities. This was widely [...]

Global warming hits the poorest hardest, new research shows

May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

Finding published today in Geophysical Research Letters, states that while Australia will still be “the lucky country when it comes to changes in local climate as a [...]

Report: Fossil Fuels Failed To Provide Energy Security During The February 2017 Heatwave

December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

A report by the Australia Institute’s Climate & Energy Program shows that coal and gas failed to provide energy security during the February 2017 heatwave. The report [...]

Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific gets cranky

May 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The tropical Pacific has a large say in how fast the world warms. GTS Productions/Shutterstock.com Ben Henley, University of Melbourne and Andrew King, University of [...]

The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac’s Adani decision

May 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

David Peetz, Griffith University and Georgina Murray, Griffith University The Australian government’s strident criticism of Westpac for not financing the Adani Carmichael [...]

The ‘clean coal’ row shouldn’t distract us from using carbon capture for other industries

April 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Alfonso Martínez Arranz, Monash University Since the February blackouts in South Australia, the Australian government has increased its interest in carbon dioxide capture [...]