15 November 2019,The Conversation, A surprising answer to a hot question: controlled burns often fail to slow a bushfire. As sure as night follows day, this week’s bushfires prompted inevitable debate about whether fire authorities should have carried out more hazard … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Ecosystem Stress
February 2019: Institute for Public Policy Research: THIS IS A CRISIS – FACING UP TO THE AGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL BREAKDOWN Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognise that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, … Continue reading →
24 January 2019, ABC News, Antarctica’s winners and losers: How climate change will reshape the frozen continent. The rate of melting in Antarctica has almost tripled in the past five years, according to recent data. As the ice sheets retreat … Continue reading →
23 January 2019, Carbon Brief, Climate change’s impact on soil moisture could push land past ‘tipping point’. The impact of climate change on soil moisture could push the land past a “tipping point” – turning it from a net carbon … Continue reading →