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South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory contribute a combined total of just 6.3% to the nation's total scope 1 emissions. Can you guess the common denominator?

Bational register of Australia’s home battery installations would cost around $10m, but would remove potential huge "blind spot" and could improve power system security.

The creation of climate models with open source code, available for anyone to use, has improved scientific collaboration and helped research get more efficient. Martin Jucker, Maritime Continent Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Less than 50% of Australia’s original wilderness still exists, thanks to the colonialist view that development of land means eliminating native vegetation

Kate (not her real name) and her husband have run cattle grazing properties in central Queensland for more than 30 years. On remote and isolated properties like that, communities are close-knit and neighbours rely on each other to survive.

But Kate says her neighbours hate her family. Their crime? Not cutting down enough trees.

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The next phase of the Iris project to streamline European air traffic management is initiated.

Four dementia scientists share this year's 1m euro prize for their pivotal work.

Tax exemption for all-new zero-emission electric taxi brought forward in boost for new greener cabs

Prospects for London’s new electric taxi have been boosted after the Treasury brought forward a £1,550 tax exemption to this April.

The British-built, zero-emission capable taxi had been liable for a luxury car tax, introduced in 2017, of £310 per year for five years, deterring cab drivers from upgrading to the greener vehicle.

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Sudan, whose future was "not looking bright", rallies slightly as his carers treat his wounds.

A family found the message, dropped in 1886 by a German ship, on a remote beach in West Australia.

Diver Rich Horner has captured video of himself swimming through water densely strewn with plastic waste and yellowing food wrappers, with the occasional tropical fish darting around.

The footage was shot at a dive site called Manta Point, a cleaning station for the large rays on the island of Nusa Penida, about 20km from the popular Indonesian holiday island of Bali.

• 'Plastic, plastic, plastic': British diver films sea of rubbish off Bali

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The aircraft carrier USS Lexington went down in the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea, with 216 lives lost.

Tonya and Kym Illman discovered the oldest known message in a bottle washed up at a WA beach.

Claxton, Norfolk: All the elements have come together to create a moment of seasonal delight

It is one of the more subtle attractions of our parish but its seasonal window is brief and upon us right now. It is composed of four very commonplace elements, but their convergence is as special and unpredictable as the arrival of a rare migrant.

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The myth that SA renewables are responsible for their high electricity prices keeps on keeping on. So here's another reason why it should be debunked.

Australia has a natural advantage in solar, but its global ranking in utility-scale solar is worse than its Winter Olympics medal tally.

India's newly inaugurated Pavagada Solar Park looks at farmers as key partners, and also key beneficiaries of the world-leading 2GW project.

A series of 28 consecutive News Polls show the Coalition is trailing Labor. So perhaps it's time to dump the right wing policies on energy and climate Turnbull promised to cherish, and set a new path. Here are some quick and easy fixes, offered free, and without retainer.

Waste consultancy Eunomia claims English packaging firms need to step up on recycling rates.

This map shows the scale of land clearing in Australia by visualising the extent of clearing in states where data is available

Australia is in the midst of a land clearing crisis. Some estimate that 3m hectares of woodland will be cleared between 2010 and 2030.

This is having a huge impact on the environment. Loss of habitat is one of the main threats to about three-quarters of Australia’s 1,640 plants and animals listed by the government as at risk. Land clearing, and land-use changes that follow it, have caused a fivefold increase in the sediment pollution pouring on to the embattled Great Barrier Reef, further diminishing its ability to deal with climate change.

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A British designer wants used gum recycled into useful objects - also leading to cleaner streets.