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Dig this: a tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads of soil a year, helping tackle climate change

Dig this: a tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads ...

After 200 years of European farming practices, Australian soils are in poor shape – depleted of nutrients and organic matter, including carbon. This is bad news for both soil health and efforts...

Dig this: a tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads ...

After 200 years of European farming practices, Australian soils are in poor shape – depleted of nutrients and organic matter, including carbon. This is bad news for both soil health and efforts...

Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It's time to consider similar approaches for other disasters

Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in n...

Fire risk reduction in the recent past included very local prescribed burning operations. The overall effect was small, with huge greenhouse gas emissions from out-of-control savanna wildfires. So, what might a...

Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in n...

Fire risk reduction in the recent past included very local prescribed burning operations. The overall effect was small, with huge greenhouse gas emissions from out-of-control savanna wildfires. So, what might a...

Don't disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they're probably doing all your weeding for free

Don't disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they'...

Shutterstock Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne Australians have a love-hate relationship with sulphur-crested cockatoos, Cacatua galerita. For some, the noisy parrots are pests that destroy crops or the garden,...

Don't disturb the cockatoos on your lawn, they'...

Shutterstock Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne Australians have a love-hate relationship with sulphur-crested cockatoos, Cacatua galerita. For some, the noisy parrots are pests that destroy crops or the garden,...

It's bee season. To avoid getting stung, just stay calm and don't swat

It's bee season. To avoid getting stung, just s...

Shutterstock Caitlyn Forster, University of Sydney and Tanya Latty, University of Sydney This summer’s wetter conditions have created great conditions for flowering plants. Flowers provide sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen,...

It's bee season. To avoid getting stung, just s...

Shutterstock Caitlyn Forster, University of Sydney and Tanya Latty, University of Sydney This summer’s wetter conditions have created great conditions for flowering plants. Flowers provide sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen,...

Home-delivered food has a huge climate cost. So which cuisine is the worst culprit?

Home-delivered food has a huge climate cost. So...

Shutterstock Robert Crawford, University of Melbourne Over the past few years, Australians have embraced online food delivery services such as UberEats, Deliveroo and Menulog. But home-delivered food comes with a...

Home-delivered food has a huge climate cost. So...

Shutterstock Robert Crawford, University of Melbourne Over the past few years, Australians have embraced online food delivery services such as UberEats, Deliveroo and Menulog. But home-delivered food comes with a...

Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative ... confused by all the carbon jargon?

Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative ... c...

The move towards net-zero is crucial to avoid a climate catastrophe. And the time to move is not tomorrow or “by 2050” – it’s now.

Net-zero, carbon-neutral, carbon-negative ... c...

The move towards net-zero is crucial to avoid a climate catastrophe. And the time to move is not tomorrow or “by 2050” – it’s now.