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The vanishing Arctic

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by ABC News - 22/12/202016/03/2021

FOR THE LOCALS of Verkhoyansk, a tiny town in the far-flung reaches of Siberia, today [16 December] will be one of the last sunrises they see for the year. The town that sits 10 kilometres inside the Arctic Circle is heading into the annual polar winter — a period of perpetual

BOM and CSIRO State of the Climate 2020 shows Australia is experiencing climate change now

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by Around the WEB - 20/11/202016/03/2021

THE BUREAU OF Meteorology and the CSIRO have teamed up for the latest biannual report on the climate, and the findings are clear: Australia is experiencing climate change now, and the warming trend is continuing. We are now up to 1.44 degrees Celsius of warming since 1910, plus or minus 0.24C,

Save the planet, it’s the only one with beer

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by Around the WEB - 23/10/201823/10/2018

Severe droughts and extreme heat threaten to deplete barley yields, making beer rarer and more expensive, an international study has shown. Depending on severity of the weather, yield losses are expected to be between 3 and 17 percent, but the authors expect this will mean crops are prioritised for essential goods

The dirt on SOIL

by Robin Tennant-Wood - 20/02/201815/03/2018

Pooping for the planet: Part II BACK IN THE early years of my academic career I worked in a university department with a number of soil scientists. ‘Soilies’ are, generally speaking, affable types who wear sturdy boots and get inordinately excited about digging holes in paddocks. In their natural environment they tend

Pooping for the planet: Part I

by Robin Tennant-Wood - 16/02/201801/03/2018

Ask not what the soil can do for you; ask what you can do for the soil. ONE OF THE greatest crimes committed by modern western society is that we use potable water to dispose of what is regarded as waste. Manure, dung, excrement, shit – call it what you will,

What clean fuel can replace coal in NSW with no down time?

by District Bulletin - 21/09/201706/10/2017

A new ANU study and site atlas shows that pumped hydro could replace all NSW coal-burning power stations and provide reliable power within minutes of being engaged on any particular day. The pumped-hydro atlas identifying 8,600 suitable sites in NSW. The CEO of the NSW Nature Conservation Council Kate Smolski said “This

Safeguard and conserve what we have

by Frankie Seymour - 14/08/201726/08/2017

NEW report: Hot, Dry& Deadly: NSW plants, animals (including humans) face ultimate challenge Review by Frankie Seymour Hot, Dry& Deadly: Impacts of Climate Change on Nature in NSW is a clear and concise document launched regionally last month by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, a peak organisation representing 160 member organisations. The

Why are we stuck on climate change action?

by Nick Goldie - 12/08/201714/08/2017

Shadow Minister Mark Butler explains the Australian federal policy sink hole Climate Wars Mark Butler Melbourne University Press, 2017. Book review by Nick Goldie As Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Mark Butler could be expected to come up with the goods in his new book Climate Wars. And that’s just what he does:

The lucky story of a Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo

by District Bulletin - 20/07/201720/07/2017

Alex (see photo) is a Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo and is a very lucky lad. Discovered, as a tiny 10-day old chick in the hollow of a felled tree at Tarago, he was picked up by a couple of inquisitive Samaritans, taken to the vet, who then passed the bird

Major supermarkets pledge phase-out of one-use plastic bags

by District Bulletin - 20/07/201706/08/2017

Every second, 159 single-use plastic bags are used in Australia – more than 10 million new bags each day. In NSW, up to 61 million bags are littered each year. More than 70 per cent of the rubbish entering our oceans is identified as plastic. Plastic kills up to one million sea birds, countless fish and 100,000 sea mammals each year. These figures, supplied