Briefing: Q&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies
Strategic angle: Climate change, war and mismanagement are putting Iran’s water supply under major strain, experts warn.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Environment
Climate, ecology, sustainability, biodiversity, and energy transition.
Briefing: Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?
Strategic angle: With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Briefing: Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds
Strategic angle: Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs and environmental rollbacks.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Briefing: The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna
Strategic angle: The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Queensland floods: police believe bodies found are those of missing backpackers
Strategic angle: Two international tourists travelling to flood-ravaged North Burnett region from Brisbane thought to be first flood-related deaths.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: The war in Iran could plunge the world into hunger
Strategic angle: Farmers from Iowa to India depend on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Much of their supply is stuck in the Persian Gulf.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Strategic angle: Australia Institute data reveals a 10% increase in state and federal subsidies for fossil fuels, outpacing funding for the NDIS.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’
Strategic angle: Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Ultrasound Repellers Could Keep Hedgehogs Off Roads, Scientists Hope
Strategic angle: Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Sale of rat poisons could be restricted to protect Australian wildlife
Strategic angle: Regulator recommends rodenticides be removed from Bunnings and supermarkets shelves and sold only to licensed professionals.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: ‘My lovely distraction’: live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand
Strategic angle: More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch ‘kākāpō cam’, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: CCC: Net-zero will protect UK from fossil-fuel price shocks
Strategic angle: The cost of cutting UK emissions to net-zero is less than the cost of continuing reliance on fossil fuels.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: ‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Strategic angle: Rising temperatures are making it difficult for even young, healthy individuals to perform normal physical tasks safely.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn
Strategic angle: Experts caution that the ongoing conflict and bombings will lead to significant long-term environmental damage.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Bundaberg residents told to evacuate immediately amid major flooding in parts of Queensland
Strategic angle: The BoM has forecast flooding of the Burnett River at Bundaberg could rise to 7.5 metres by midnight.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks
Strategic angle: Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Record Rainfall in Northern Territory: Flooding Risks and Infrastructure Concerns
The Northern Territory faces severe flooding due to record rainfall, leading to school and highway closures. Residents are advised to avoid water for safety.
Editorial Staff Mar 9