Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Leading by example
Biodiversity expert Brendan Wintle asks, Could Australia’s appalling extinction record prevent us from hosting the next global climate summit?
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Opinion & Analysis
Even solar panels can’t handle the increasing heat
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
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Soft plastic recycling has returned on a small scale: will it work this time?
After the memorable collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling program REDcycle in late 2022, a new scheme is emerging. It’s remarkably similar, albeit on a much smaller scale.
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What would you do: save a single human or an entire animal species?
Australia is in the grip of an escalating extinction crisis. Since colonisation, 100 native plant and animal species have become formally listed as extinct due to human activities. The actual number is undoubtedly far higher.
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OPINION: Recalling the inferno
There’s no better motivation for leaving fossil fuels in the ground than the scars left by Black Summer, writes emergency management expert, Brenton Keen.
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OPINION: Getting the Murray–Darling Basin Plan back on track
Geographer Dr Celine Steinfeld asks, Will improvements in management of the MDB be enough to return this critical water system to health?
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Taxonomists agree on how to create a single list of all life on Earth
A new survey shows most taxonomists now agree on how a single authoritative list of the Earth’s species would work.
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The ethics of AI image making
Australian Geographic’s photo editor, Nicky Catley, explores the whys and wherefores of the relatively new world of AI-generated images.
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OPINION: We can still keep global warming below 2℃
Global emissions from fossil fuels have stalled. That puts us in the right place to keep warming below 2℃, but there’s plenty of work still to be done.