Environmental and Sustainability News

A major agriculture firm has blamed the Bureau of Meteorology for significant financial losses.

Plastic builds on sea floor

New research sees the ocean floor as a “reservoir” for plastic pollution.

Dune march mapped

Coastal dunes in South Australia are advancing inland at a remarkable rate.

Depth protects key coral

Experts say some deep parts of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from global warming.

Floods raise dam questions

Devastating floods have put Warragamba Dam works back up for debate.

EPA takes action on asbestos

Australia’s asbestos mulch scandal has spread, with discoveries in a number of Melbourne parks.

Pioneering commissioner resigns

Criticism over disaster response is one of the reasons the NSW SES commissioner is resigning.

Combet speaks on power shift

Greg Combet, incoming chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency, has urged a “just transition” for coal workers in the shift to renewable power.

New method for critical search

New techniques could help Australia find resources critical to its net-zero goals.

Letter urges art protection

A long list of prominent people are speaking out against major gas works.

VicGrid plots path

VicGrid has announced details of its planned investigation into a new transmission line route.

Self-serving action studied

Climate action is needed for human health, a new study finds.

Bird origins decoded

New research looks at the specific timing of bird evolution.

ACCC eyes gas sales

The ACCC is sharpening its focus on gas retailers.

City growth seen on natural lines

Experts say Sydney has grown like a tumour.

Sugarcane DNA decoded

Scientists have mapped the complete sugarcane genome.

Dry models show mega risk

Experts say Australia is on track for unprecedented, decades-long megadroughts.

New link for better warnings

Australia is set to upgrade its severe weather and flood warning capabilities.

ACT signs water deal

A new deal should allow the ACT to fulfil its water recovery commitments under Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Green scheme pays empty promises

Experts have challenged the integrity of Australia's Carbon Credit scheme.

Climate details demanded

Australia’s new climate reporting legislation will come into force next year.

Feature Stories

For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite.

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment.

Nobel nods to mind-bending findings

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe.

Pig parts prepped for human toolbox

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies.