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Trees can halve the amount of heat in urban areas

By Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Rob McDonald and Tirthankar Chakraborty Cities and towns are usually 1–3°C hotter than the surrounding countryside, because asphalt,

Alarm at ‘extreme’ increase in Greenland ice melt

A new study has revealed an alarming sixfold increase in ice sheet melts in Greenland. The research found that melting had become “more frequent, more extensive and

Emerging urban heat islands put billions at risk

By Hamish Lewis and Luke Harrington We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp

Third area declared a Special Wildlife Reserve

The Queensland Government has declared a 229,000-hectare area south-west of Mount Isa a Special Wildlife Reserve. The Pilungah Special Wildlife Reserve, owned by Bush

Oil recycling success story stalls as levy fails to keep pace

One of the quiet achievers of Australia’s recycling sector is stalling, with infrastructure maxed out and millions of litres of untreated lubricant waste oil at risk

Work begins on Green Island turtle facility

Work has begun on a new turtle rehabilitation facility on Green Island off the coast of Cairns. The $600,000 centre will help turtles recover from serious injuries and

More than 1000 new coral reefs discovered in the north

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) scientists have found more than 1000 previously uncharted coral reefs in northern Australia. It says the reefs from Houtman

Most home battery installations are substandard

By Rusty Langdon More than 60 percent of battery system installation work inspected under a Federal Government green energy program is substandard and 1.2 percent

Child-sized echidnas roamed south-east Australia

An echidna the size of a small child roamed Victoria tens of thousands of years ago, research released today reveals. An Ice Age fossil found 120 years ago in an

Cyclone likely to move towards far north of Queensland

Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila, which is currently north of Australia in the Solomon Sea, is expected to move towards the Far North Queensland coast on the weekend. The

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