Nature
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Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Typhoon Rai killed over 400 people in the Philippines; Hurricane Ida caused an estimated US$74 billion in damage in the…
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What to expect from the world’s sixth mass extinction
What does biodiversity loss mean for us and the environment? Alistair Walsh Deutsche Welle About 65 million years after the last…
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Farmers could be paid for post-Brexit ‘rewilding’ land changes
When the UK was part of the EU, farmers were given grants based on how much land they farmed. Claire…
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Thar she blows!
There’s no doubt about it, seeing a whale rise from the depths of the ocean is something special. Vanessa Pirotta…
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Time to give the ocean its own legal voice
While we debate how Aotearoa New Zealand can move towards a significantly decarbonised world, and how in doing so we…
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‘Real reasons to hope’ on climate action, says archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury has urged the public not to despair over the climate crisis as he said there are…
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The epic, 550-million-year story of Uluṟu, and the spectacular forces that led to its formation
Deep orange by day, at sunrise and sunset it appears to change colour, becoming a more vibrant shade of red,…
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This Year’s Record-Breaking Climate Disasters Usher In A Horrific New Normal
The extreme heat, devastating fires, deadly storms and floods we saw this year broke records — and the future only…
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Seagulls, songbirds and parrots: what new research tells us about their cognitive ability
It isn’t that easy to assess how an animal perceives information from the environment, processes it and decides to act.…
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Book Review: Country is an urgent call to learn from Indigenous knowledges to care for the land
This line sits towards the concluding paragraphs of Country: Future Fire, Future Farming, by Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian activist and…
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Our iconic giant clams face new threats from warmer waters and acidic oceans – let’s buy them time
But despite its size and fame, the giant clam (Tridacna gigas) is in trouble. Authors The Conversation The tropical waters…
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We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places: and they’re getting quieter
Whether we’re aware of it or not, this sparse soundscape is similar to what we’re often experiencing when we head…
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Reeling in a Deal to Save the Ocean
The World Trade Organization’s upcoming 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva will test the credibility of that pledge. Project Syndicate AUCKLAND/MADRID/VICTORIA/ANSE…
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The ocean is our greatest climate regulator.
The German linguist Heinrich Zimmer once described the ocean as “limitless and immortal … the beginning and end of all…
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‘Foreign fishing vessels barred from fishing in exclusive economic zone’
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Friday informed the National Assembly that foreign fishing vessels are not…
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Day of the Dead
As we dive deeper into the yawning void of the Sixth Extinction – the only one caused by humans, and…
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