Drought increases rural suicide, and climate change will make drought worse
New research has found suicide increases during drought among men in Australia's rural communities, and the problem may be exacerbated due to climate change.
New research has found suicide increases during drought among men in Australia's rural communities, and the problem may be exacerbated due to climate change.
Environment
Jun 27, 2022
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Last winter, thousands of dead and dying frogs were found across Australia. Instead of hunkering down and out of sight, frogs were spotted during the day in the open, on footpaths, highways and doorsteps—often in the blazing ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2022
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To go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining to save the planet is a hard pill to swallow if it leads ...
Economics & Business
May 31, 2022
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From February to May 2022, many places in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia have seen record-breaking daily and monthly rainfall. Repeated periods of persistent and intense rain have caused devastating and ...
Environment
May 25, 2022
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It feels a bit strange to publish a paper that we want proved wrong—we have identified the 63 Australian birds, mammals, fish, frogs and reptiles most likely to go extinct in the next 20 years.
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2022
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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, together with a team of scientists, have released a new scientific paper showing that the previously presumed extinct species called Prasophyllum morganii, commonly known as mignonette leek ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2022
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In 1878, the body of Sergeant Michael Kennedy lay in the bush in Victoria's Wombat Ranges. He'd been shot by the notorious Ned Kelly gang—but the bush would add its own gruesome ending.
Ecology
Mar 24, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new high-purity single-photon source that can operate at room temperature. The source is an important step toward practical applications of quantum technology, such as highly secure communication ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 23, 2022
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Australia's emergency services Thursday ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a wild storm that has killed 13 people in a week of record-setting east coast floods, but the city of Sydney escaped the worst of the ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2022
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Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes by Tuesday and hundreds of thousands more were told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia's southeast coast were inundated by the worst flooding in more ...
Environment
Mar 1, 2022
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