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Marine life
The ‘underwater bushfire’ coming for Australia that can’t be stopped
Marine experts have asked the government for $40 million in urgent funding to help brace for a severe marine heatwave bearing down on the nation’s south-east.
- by Angus Dalton and Laura Chung
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Tech billionaire Cannon-Brookes backs climate jobs platform
Terra.do was founded in 2020 and launched in Australia this week, with about 4500 clean energy jobs available across the country.
- by David Swan
Global fossil fuel subsidies double as 2023 expected to be hottest in 100,000 years
Scientists say record-breaking temperatures are making the world a dangerous place for life, with many planetary “vital signs” at extremes.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Oil
The $93b deal that could redefine the future of oil
ExxonMobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources, a major US shale oil and gas producer. Will that add to global emissions or could it, perhaps, even lower them?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
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Seawalls? We should fight them, and not just on the northern beaches
We have our heads buried in the proverbial sand when it comes to coastal erosion. The time to think about the fate of our beloved beaches is now.
- by Wendy Harmer
Rochester residents battle depression, displacement a year on from floods
One year after a natural disaster devastated the small Victorian town, hundreds of people are still living in caravans.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Is your hay fever getting worse? It could be climate change
Plants are producing their pollen earlier and in higher amounts because of the warming climate, says Macquarie University’s Professor Paul Beggs.
- by Laura Chung
‘Don’t forget us’: Why this canoe is a sinking Pacific island’s last hope
A canoe on display at the Australian Museum could be Taofia Pelesasa’s last chance to share the story of himself and his family’s history.
- by Laura Chung
Vast Antarctic ice shelves shrinking as ocean warms
Scientists say about 70 of the 160 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume, releasing 7.5 trillion tonnes of freshwater into the ocean.
- by Miki Perkins