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War of the weedkiller: why environmentalists are concerned about moves to ban Roundup
The guardian discusses War of the weedkiller: why environmentalists are concerned about moves to ban Roundup. Many say herbicide is an essential tool in preserving biodiversity but others say it’s a ‘delusion’ to think weed control is only possible with ‘poison’.
Glyphosate – the weedkiller better known by its […]
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Report: Want to Fight the Zombie Fire Apocalypse? Weaponize Math
Wired discusses Want to Fight the Zombie Fire Apocalypse? Weaponize Math. Peat fires smolder in the ground for months, suddenly emerging as surface wildfires. New simulations reveal their strange life, death, and reanimation.
THE LARGEST FIRES on Earth aren’t the monsters that have been burning across California and Australia, but the zombies […]
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Report: Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than Covid, energy analysis finds
The Guardian discusses how Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than Covid, energy analysis finds. Wind and solar displacing coal in the five states of the national energy market. [No report link provided.]
Wind and solar power pushing out fossil fuel generation has cut Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions more than the […]
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Report: Lack of climate action over 50 years will cost Australian economy $3.4tn and 880,000 jobs
The Guardian discusses a report showing Lack of climate action over 50 years will cost Australian economy $3.4tn and 880,000 jobs. If policies promoting net zero emissions by 2050 are adopted 250,000 jobs would be created and $680bn added to the economy. [No report link provided.]
Australia’s economy will be […]
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Study: Fish that eat microplastics take more risks and die younger
The Guardian discusses a study showing that Fish that eat microplastics take more risks and die younger. Joint study conducted finds that fish fed a diet including plastic were more likely to be eaten themselves.
Microplastics can alter the behaviour of fish, with those that ingest the pollutants likely to […]
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Plans to save coral reefs
The Guardian discusses ‘We don’t have time to lose’: plans for coral ark to help save the world’s reefs. The Biobank is an ambitious scheme to house 800 corals in a purpose-built facility in Port Douglas.
A Noah’s ark-like plan to house hundreds of the world’s most at-risk coral […]
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Activists think stopping one coal mine is the fight of our times. This is why you should care
The Canary discusses why Activists think stopping one coal mine is the fight of our times. This is why you should care.
If you’re not Australian, you may not have heard of one of the most controversial coal mines in the world. The Carmichael mega-mine is set to devastate what’s left […]
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Australia’s first offshore wind farm promises jobs boom
Sydney Morning Herald discusses how Australia’s first offshore wind farm promises jobs boom.
Australia’s first offshore wind farm could provide about 8000 direct and indirect jobs in Victoria over its 30-year lifetime, including 5200 construction jobs and 740 ongoing roles a year.
The Star of the South wind farm, which would […]
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Study: Warming has killed half the coral on the Great Barrier Reef. It might never recover.
The Washington Post discusses Warming has killed half the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, study finds. It might never recover. Bleaching events in back-to-back years so thoroughly wiped out coral that it cannot easily reproduce. [No study link is provided.]
Half of the […]
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Report: How climate change has impacted frogs in Canberra
Canberra Times discusses how climate change has impacted frogs in Canberra.
An annual frog-watching event in Canberra has been extended to take place over one month instead of a week due to climate change.
FrogWatch ACT and region conducts a frog census every year in October. It measures the health of […]
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