Environment

Biofoam boxes by Murdoch University and CSIRO possible solution to fishing industry packaging waste

Scientists and a Perth business have teamed up to find a way to cut packaging waste from WA’s lucrative seafood […]

See Earth’s seasons in all their complexity in a new animated map

The annual clock of the seasons – winter, spring, summer, autumn – is often taken as a given. But our […]

The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it

The climate benefits of planting trees may have been greatly overestimated, but swift action could ensure reforestation meets its potential […]

Mega bushfires could be on the horizon, what can we do to stop them?

Since the 2019/2020 black summer bushfires, millions of dollars have poured into new fire prevention technology around the country, but […]

Australian voyage to investigate Tonga’s eruption of the century

A team of scientists from the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with the Tonga Geological Services and other Australian and […]

‘We’re trying to call on everybody that we can’: South Australia scrambles to fight its pulsating algal bloom

State considers its options to control Karenia mikimotoi, which has left beaches littered with dead seaweed and sealife. Read more: […]

‘Huge Lack of Consideration’: Can We Reverse Australia’s Plastic Pollution Before It’s Too Late?

Eleven million tonnes of plastic pollution sits on the ocean floor. Can the damage be reversed before it’s too late? […]

WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch

The “longest, largest and most intense” marine heatwave ever recorded in Western Australia has killed coral throughout an area that […]

An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results

In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs up to 40% of […]