The climate is changing: are we adapting? A panel discussion. With 2014 officially declared the hottest year on record we are once again reminded that climate change is not only something…
Can coral adapt to climate change?
Corals may be better equipped to tolerate climate change than previously believed, according to research led by Dr Emma Kennedy from the Australian Rivers Institute. “Corals rely on a relationship…
The survival of earth depends on frogs
Professor Jean-Marc Hero is a vertebrate ecologist with research expertise in conservation biology of amphibians, biodiversity assessment and monitoring, and conservation physiology. He is Deputy Director of Griffith University’s Environmental…
Move over, McMansions – the tiny house movement is here
A small group of people are gathered around a campfire in a Victorian State Forest. Members of the Tiny Houses Australia community, they’re attending a Spring Camp to talk about how to…
Gaming technology boosts mangrove research
Motion sensing technology best known in computer games is vastly improving Queensland scientists’ ability to quantify habitat complexity in mangroves. The Kinect line of devices developed by Microsoft for Xbox consoles and…
Why people deny the obvious?
“Despite the fact that we live in an ‘information age’, and are finding out more and more about the universe, some people seem determined to reject knowledge. For example, in…
One step closer: the Lima climate change agreement
Late last year in Lima, the world community successfully negotiated an agreement to conclude the 20th conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Admittedly, these negotiations…
Creating models for a better world
In ancient times, our ancestors looked to the natural world for signs as to when to undertake certain activities. Today expert provide the information we need. A weather forecaster may…
Art and climate change
The role of creative arts in stimulating responses to climate change. Can art contribute to getting people to respond to the issues of climate change? Art doesn’t only operate on…