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The Conversation - Environment
Jul 30, 2026Funding secured
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Wetlands are crucial food baskets for NZ’s native eels – new research

njmcc/Getty Images Conservation projects often focus on protecting a threatened species from predators and habitat destruction. But as our research shows, restoring food webs can be as important to supporting ongoing rec...
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Jul 30, 2026
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We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding

Centre for Forest Tree Technology What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests entirely...
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Jul 21, 2026
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We set 10,000 traps in search of a rare native mouse. Here’s what we found

Abby Dennien It’s 5am when we crawl out of our tents. The catbirds are calling and the night sky is fading to dawn, as we prepare to head into the bush. We’re surrounded by the towering euca...
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Jul 20, 2026
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Chinese companies are taking over the EV market. What’s behind their meteoric rise?

xieyuliang/Getty If producing electric vehicles (EVs) was an Olympic sport, China would be dominating the medals podium. China now leads the world in the sale and export of EVs, a term encom...
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Jul 15, 2026
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‘Balcony solar’ and plug-in systems could help cut your energy costs. But only if rules change

Westend61/Getty Australia is a world leader when it comes to adopting rooftop solar systems. But our solar transition is leaving renters and apartment dwellers behind. According to the latest census, almost one-third of Australians rent their homes, live in apartments or are connected to private ene...
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Jul 5, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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‘A giant blanket’: how better insulation lowers energy costs for you and the grid

BrianAJackson/Getty Australian households are under immense financial pressure – and rising energy costs are a major reason why. While policy makers and system planners have focused on ways...
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Jul 2, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Climate change will raise the risk of severe heatwaves. NZ homes aren’t ready

UCG/Getty Images Europe’s summer heatwave has exposed tens of millions of people to temperatures above 35°C, broken records and claimed hundreds of lives. Early climate attribution studies s...
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Jun 28, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Heat is destroying Australia’s underwater forests. Seaweed biobanks could help save them

Tom Burd, CC BY-NC-ND Australia’s Great Southern Reef is built not by coral but by seaweed. The seaweed forests on these rocky reefs stretch more than 8,000 kilometres around southern Austra...
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Jun 15, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Life isn’t easy at the edge of the power grid. Could batteries and microgrids offer a brighter future?

John W. Banagan/Getty Australia’s big clean energy projects get a lot of attention, from giant solar farms to the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. So too does the push for rooftop solar and ho...
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Jun 10, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Demolishing homes after climate disasters can be devastating. Here’s how we reused precious materials

Elise Derwin Following the devastating Northern Rivers floods in New South Wales in 2022, roughly 14,000 truckloads of water-damaged materials were sent to landfill. The flood exposed many things, including our unimaginative approach to managing waste. As immediate recovery moved into reconstructio...
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May 19, 2026
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Indigenous Australians were the world’s first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk

Oliver Strewe/Getty I’m a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist. When I look at the night sky, I don’t just see stars. Instead, I see an a...
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May 8, 2026
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What went right this week: the good news that matters

There were big health wins, Mexico pledged free healthcare for all, and Amsterdam ditched fossil fuel ads, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News.
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May 5, 2026
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‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’: what kids told us about eco-anxiety

Daniil Kondrashin/Pexels This is our home. If we destroy it, and we can’t build it up, then that’s a part of the Earth that’s destroyed, and we won’t be able to get it back. Matthew, aged te...
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Apr 28, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Possums and gliders are pushing a native bird to extinction. What can we do?

Ken Griffiths/Getty From brightly coloured birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia’s native animals are a sight to behold. The island continent is home to nearly 600,000 plants, anim...
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Feb 20, 2026
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How a football cup run helped unite a town

For a club rooted in non-league football, Macclesfield’s recent FA Cup didn't just connect those on the pitch, but a whole community The post How a football cup run helped unite a town appeared first on Positive News.
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Feb 18, 2026
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Plummeting fish numbers triggered controversial fishing bans in WA. But no-take zones could benefit fishers

Steve Lindfield, CC BY-ND The Western Australian government recently announced the controversial closure of commercial and recreation fishing to prevent a collapse in the populations of unde...
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Feb 17, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Intense heatwaves directly threaten crops and native species. Here’s what we can do

Gregory Heath/CSIRO, CC BY-NC-ND During Australia’s unprecedented heatwave in late January, air temperatures reached 50°C in inland South Australia. Days of sustained heat and hot nights di...
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Feb 13, 2026
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Feb 13, 2026
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What went right this week: a basic income for artists, plus more

Ireland’s basic income for artists goes permanent, there's progress on FGM, and polar bears prove resilient, plus more The post What went right this week: a basic income for artists, plus more appeared first on Positive News.
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Aug 4, 2026
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The Conversation - Environment
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Bird flu decimated South America’s marine mammals. What can Australia do differently?

Foto4440/Getty Australia is now confronting an outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain. As of Monday, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus had been detected in 78 wild birds across mainland Austral...
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Aug 4, 2026
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Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals

Philip Thurston/Getty, CC BY The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. Clusters of dead birds have been found in several locations. The virus will inevitably infect other wildlife, most notably mammals. Death rates range from 75-100%...
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Aug 3, 2026
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Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

Katherine Moseby Australia’s unique animal species are in sharp decline, with more than 40 mammal extinctions over the past 238 years. This atrocious mammal conservation record is the worst...
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Aug 3, 2026
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Australia has long relied on volunteers and wildlife carers. As bird flu spreads, they will need support

Australia had years to prepare for the arrival of bird flu. The deadly, highly transmissible H5N1 strain emerged in late 2020 in Asia, before spreading to every other continent bar Australia. After the first case was confirmed in Western Australia on June 19, federal Environment Minister Murray Wat...
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Aug 1, 2026
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The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife

Thomas Parker/pexels The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening. At the time of writing, Australia has 53 confirmed detections in wild seabirds across five states. In South Australia there are...
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