The Environment
Bold solutions for global challenges
The Environment
Bold solutions for global challenges
New book upends thinking on why people have 'bad beliefs'
Why do some people, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, believe vaccination is dangerous and climate change not real? Macquarie University Professor of Philosophy Neil Levy has written a book that upends conventional thinking about why people have ‘bad beliefs’.
Shark, grasshopper studies point to winners and losers of rising heat
A warming climate means resilience is the key to species’ survival. Two Macquarie researchers have been looking at what adapting to the heat will mean for two very different creatures.
How cotton discovery could save the shirts on our backs
Macquarie University research has revealed new insights into why cotton pollen fails after heatwaves, paving the way towards genetically engineered crops that can withstand extreme temperature.
New front opens in Australia’s fight to save the koalas
In the wake of Australia’s worst wildfire season on record, a Macquarie-led project is aiming to improve the treatment of fire-affected wildlife as the next season fast approaches.
Fruit fly breakthrough puts killer mozzies on notice
A new designer fruit fly paves the way for scientists to replace disease-carrying mosquitoes with harmless, genetically modified versions, says Macquarie University researcher Dr Maciej Maselko.
How Australia's transition to renewable energy is actually progressing
As debate rages on in the battle between renewables and fossil fuel electricity generation, what is really going on in Australia’s National Electricity Market?
Rising whale numbers a bonus for Sydney citizen scientists
One of Australia’s longest running volunteer science projects is a whale count that has uncovered a remarkable good news story about humpbacks.
Please explain: what is the point of mosquitoes?
Cases of Ross River fever have risen sharply in NSW and Queensland, due to an autumn explosion in mosquito numbers. Entomologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Biology at Macquarie University, Dr Matthew Bulbert, explains why these detested insects exist at all.
How soon will all Australians be driving electric cars?
Following the UK’s announcement that it will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2035, Professor Graham Town nominates the year Australians will make the switch to all-electric vehicles.
The 2010s: A fiery wake-up call over environment inaction
Macquarie University experts look back on the big events of the last 10 years in the economy, health and medicine, the environment and politics and predict what the 2020s might bring.
Can we predict when a volcano will erupt?
The recent tragedy in New Zealand highlights the difficulties faced by scientists in forecasting volcanic eruptions. Dr Christina Magill, from Macquarie University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, explains.
Why selling fake horns won't save rhinos
As Australia moves closer to enacting elephant ivory and rhino horn trade bans, new tech projects aim to hit traders where it hurts by flooding the market with fakes. But it won't work, argues Macquarie Law School's Zara Bending.