New genetic tools to stop koalas, other species ‘going down the drain’
Dozens of Australian species headed for the “extinction cliff” including koalas will have their genomes sequenced to help protect them from threats such as disease and climate change.
US under Biden to test Morrison government’s do-little climate stance
US President Joe Biden placed climate action among his top priorities on taking office. Most analysts expect Australia’s relative inaction to get more attention.
‘I believe in climate change’: How Barilaro’s new bromance with Kean changed Nationals policy
Deputy Premier and Nationals leader John Barilaro says he is open to ending logging in state forests as part of improved relations he has struck with Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean.
Black Summer bushfires made worse by climate change, risk to ‘rapidly intensify’
South-eastern Australia should expect more extreme hot and dry conditions and fire-induced weather without significant efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say.
Record spring heat a one-in-500,000 chance without climate change
Climate change added as much as 1.7 degrees to Australia’s record hot spring, dwarfing the role of natural variability, new analysis shows.
