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Australians are installing rooftop solar like never before. Who is burdened with taking care of it at home?
New research finds rooftop solar maintenance is becoming a form of housework, and this has the potential to become an equity issue.
Kathryn Lucas-Healey, Research Fellow, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
Alice Wendy Russell, Research fellow, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
Hugo Temby, Doctoral Researcher, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
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Australia’s central climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed. Taxpayers – and the environment – deserve better
Our new analysis suggests the vast majority of carbon credits granted for regrowing native forests either has not occurred, or would have occurred anyway.
Andrew Macintosh, Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University
Don Butler, Professor, Australian National University
Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use
Our new approach lets us separate, store and transport tricky gases like hydrogen as a solid - and for a fraction of the energy.
Ying Ian Chen, Director, ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy, Deakin University
Srikanth Mateti, Research fellow, Deakin University
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Heat yourself, not your house: how to survive winter with a 15℃ indoor temperature
Official advice suggests warming your house to 18℃. But it’s perfectly possible to live in an unheated house with personal warming devices and better clothing.
Robert Nelson, Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Albanese just laid out a radical new vision for Australia in the region: clean energy exporter and green manufacturer
This week, Austalia began a climate pivot on its relationship with the region. Fossil fuels are out and exporting green energy and green manufacturing techniques are in.
John Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
Elizabeth Thurbon, Scientia Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Sydney
Hao Tan, Associate Professor, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle
Sung-Young Kim, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?
Better enforcement of existing international laws would be a much faster way of addressing plastic pollution from fishing vessels than waiting for a new treaty to be adopted.
Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
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'The ultimate invader': high-tech tool promises scientists an edge over the cane toad scourge
The simulation showed catching cane toads once a week involved 85% less cost and effort than other strategies, but was just as effective.
Arman Pili, PhD candidate, Monash University
David Chapple, Associate Professor in Evolutionary and Conservation Ecology, Monash University
Reid Tingley, Lecturer, Monash University
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We studied how the Antarctic ice sheet advanced and retreated over 10,000 years. It holds warnings for the future
Interestingly, we also found a major period of ice loss in Antarctica was followed by a period of gain, starting some 5,000 years ago.
Richard Selwyn Jones, Research Fellow, Monash University
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Labor’s renewable target is much more ambitious than it seems. We need the best bang-for-buck policy responses
The new federal government wants to supercharge state renewable targets. But financial headwinds pose real challenges to the rapid rollout.
Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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What is foot and mouth disease? Why farmers fear 'apocalyptic bonfires of burning carcasses'
Foot and mouth disease hasn’t been on our doorstep since the 1980s. Keeping it out of Australia is a new national priority.
Michael Ward, Chair of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, University of Sydney
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Climate change is white colonisation of the atmosphere. It's time to tackle this entrenched racism
Most rich white countries, including Australia, refuse to accept the climate debt they owe to poorer countries and communities.
Erin Fitz-Henry, Deputy Coordinator - Anthropology, Development Studies & Social Theory, The University of Melbourne
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Times have changed: why the environment minister is being forced to reconsider climate-related impacts of pending fossil fuel approvals
The minister will be forced to either confirm or revoke decisions made by her predecessor that 19 coal and gas projects aren’t likely to harm Australia’s protected species and places.
Laura Schuijers, Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Will Australia’s new climate policy be enough to reset relations with Pacific nations?
While Australia worries about Chinese influence, Pacific nations are more worried about climate change. By boosting climate ambition, Australia could be the region’s security partner of choice.
Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Greater gliders are hurtling towards extinction, and the blame lies squarely with Australian governments
Greater gliders are fluffy, cat-sized possums with large ears. State governments have failed them at every turn, and continue to raze their habitat.
Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University
Luke Emerson, PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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Why do whales keep getting tangled in shark nets? And what should you do if you see it happen?
I’ve seen whale entanglement in shark nets firsthand, when a humpback whale calf drowned in one a few years back. It was terrible.
Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
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Māori hold a third of NZ’s fishing interests, but as the ocean warms and fish migrate, these rights don't move with them
For many Māori, fisheries are the most significant assets. Any geographical shift in fish stocks will have major implications for their commercial seafood interests.
Maui Hudson, Associate Professor, Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato
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Australia's finally acknowledged climate change is a national security threat. Here are 5 mistakes to avoid
A government review, now in train, is crucial in preparing Australia for the climate dangers ahead. But we must get it right.
Robert Glasser, Honorary Professor, Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Photos from the field: diving with Tasmania's rare and elusive red handfish, your new favourite animal
These tiny fish with oversized hands crawl along the seafloor. They only live in two locations in the world, and they’re disappearing rapidly.
John Turnbull, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
Jemina Stuart-Smith, Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Nation-building or nature-destroying? Why it’s time NZ faced up to the environmental damage of its colonial past
Nineteenth-century European settlement is often depicted as a triumphal ‘taming of nature’. But does that collective memory impede more honest appraisals of the environmental risks we face today?
Olli Hellmann, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, University of Waikato
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'Patently ridiculous': state government failures have exacerbated Sydney's flood disaster
Governments have known about the flood risks in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley for more than two centuries. All have failed to protect the community.
Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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