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Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought

The findings have big implications for how Australians prepare for extreme weather events.

740,000km of fishing line and 14 billion hooks: we reveal just how much fishing gear is lost at sea each year

Each year, enough fishing line to circle the Earth 18 times is lost at sea. This not only harms marine life, but also the livelihoods of fishers worldwide.

‘Sad and distressing’: massive numbers of bird deaths in Australian heatwaves reveal a profound loss is looming

This article contains images that some readers may find upsetting. Heatwaves linked to climate change have already led to mass […]

With better standards, we could make plastics endlessly useful – and slash waste. Here’s how

Product standards have real power. We could use them to reduce waste at every part of the plastic lifecycle.

Low iron is a health risk made worse by COVID. How to get more without reaching for supplements

Getting enough iron is tricky – even if we eat enough, we might not absorb enough. But diversifying the menu and looking for fortified foods can help.

A new Australian supercomputer has already delivered a stunning supernova remnant pic

Radio telescopes produce enormous amounts of data, and we need immense computing power to produce even a single image like this one.

Troubling new research shows warm waters rushing towards the world’s biggest ice sheet in Antarctica

The findings underscore the urgency of limiting global warming to below 1.5℃, to avert the most catastrophic climate harms.

‘Like ocean rips’: CSIRO report identifies 7 ‘global megatrends’ shaping the 21st century

Climate adaptation, digital transformation and geopolitical shifts are among the ‘megatrends’ Australia must navigate to thrive in the coming decades.

Climate change: wildfire risk has grown nearly everywhere – but we can still influence where and how fires strike

Fire weather season – when wildfires are most likely to strike – has expanded almost everywhere.

Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo

Two new studies reveal fascinating new information about why some animals are able to live so long. Let me introduce you to five animals who lived over a century, and their remarkable lives.

Four ways to understand why Australia is so cold right now despite global warming

Cold snaps are becoming less and less likely as the world warms. But that doesn’t mean they don’t happen. Michael Grose helps you put the colder-than-normal start to winter in context.

Could we learn to love slugs and snails in our gardens?

The UK wants gardeners to stop thinking of slugs and snails as pests and to embrace garden biodiversity. Is it worth considering in Australia?