The Environment
Bold solutions for global challenges
The Environment
Bold solutions for global challenges
Australia progressing on energy transformation but more action needed: new report
Substantial changes to Australia’s electricity generation have set the country on a firmer path to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new report published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Digital damage: Is your online life polluting the planet?
Shorter emails, camera-off Zoom calls and deleting old photos could reduce our digital carbon footprints – but sustainability expert Dr Jessica McLean says this is too big for individuals, and governments and organisations need to take responsibility.
Stingrays aren't silent - new underwater video leaves marine scientists amazed
Divers’ online videos have triggered a re-think of what we know about stingray communication – and left marine scientists wondering if there’s more undersea sounds we may not know about.
Centenarian tortoises keep their secrets as longevity theories busted
Why do certain reptiles and amphibians live so long – and what can they teach us about ageing? A new study has tested four hypotheses behind some of this group's remarkable lifespans.
New guide helps residents convert their high-rise into a vertical village
Apartment-dwellers can reduce feelings of social isolation by connecting with other residents to turn their high-rise housing into vertical villages – new guidelines offer some great ideas.
What's stopping Australians from buying electric cars?
New research from Macquarie Business School suggests the low uptake of electric vehicles is about purchase price and the availability and cost of charging stations.
New weed-fighting website helps gardeners make better choices
VIDEO: Over 70 per cent of invasive plant species escaped over the garden fence, but a new interactive website developed by researchers at Macquarie University will help gardeners and industry select plants that pose less risk to native ecosystems.
Walking the talk: 10 tips for sustainable living
Macquarie University Business School Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal has been aiming to 'walk the talk' when it comes to sustainaibility. Here is what she’s learned.
Climate warriors: 18 women who've made a difference
Climate champion Natalie Isaacs - who will present Macquarie University's 2022 International Women's Day address - is one of 18 inspiring women named by Distinguished Professor Lesley Hughes in her Walter and Eliza Hall Institute lecture, A Short History of Women Saving the Planet.
Please explain: Why do sharks attack humans?
In the wake of NSW's latest shark attack fatality, Macquarie University’s Head of Biological Sciences, Professor Nathan Hart, explains why sharks don’t naturally hunt humans and how their poor eyesight could be to blame.
Sperm-storing tree skinks are 'secret swingers': new research
Australian tree skinks are mainly monogamous – but new research showing female skinks can store sperm from different males might explain the species’ evolutionary success.
Please explain: What is La Nina and does it affect me?
As NSW records its wettest and coldest November in over a century, eastern Australia is in the midst of a five-month long La Nina weather event, that will cause heavy rainfall, increased flooding and cyclone risk, Adjunct Fellow Andrew Gissing explains.