Using Trash to Track Other Trash

Hakai Magazine | June 2024

An Australian organization is taking “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” to heart with its ghost net clean-up program.

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Don’t stop be-leafin’: how urban greening can help save threatened species

The Guardian | Dec 2025

Planting even small pockets of native vegetation can be a boon for wildlife seeking refuge in our cities.

Load and behold: should you opt for an electric cargo bike over a second car?

The Guardian | Oct 2025

Cargo ebikes are ideal for the millions of short-distance car trips Australians take every day. Here’s how to make one work for you.

Skin in the Game

Australian Geographic | JUly 2025

Actor Yael Stone has turned her back on a successful Hollywood career to work with her new extended neighbourhood south of Sydney on creating a sustainable future.

25 Year Study Reveals Disturbing Effect Heat Waves Are Having on Births

Science Alert | May 2024

And it’s expected to get worse.

Seagrass Can Stash Away Dangerous Heavy Metals

HAKAI Magazine | Feb 2024

In Australia’s largest estuary, humble seagrass is the thin green line between safety and heavy-metal contamination.

Capturing Carbon with Seaweed: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What We’re Totally Unsure About

Hakai Magazine | Nov 2023

Towering underwater kelp forests are often likened to trees, but seaweed carbon sequestration is far more complex than in soil-bound ecosystems.

The Montreal Protocol Turned Out to Have an Amazing World-Changing Side Effect

science Alert | May 2023

The best climate treaty we've ever had.

Millions Are at Risk of Flooding Due to Climate Change – But Not Where You'd Think

science Alert | Feb 2023

There’s no time to lose.

Water, water, used to be everywhere

Cosmos Weekly | Sept 2022

Australia’s water laws desperately need a reboot to correct past injustices and set the country on a more sustainable path.

World’s largest ice sheet threatened by warm water surge

NATURE | AUG 2022

Shifting winds and ocean currents are pushing warm waters into East Antarctica, contributing to ice loss, an analysis finds.

Chile’s constitutional rewrite confronts climate change and enshrines water rights

COSMOS Magazine | Aug 2022

Chile is one of the first countries in the world to reimagine its constitution amid the climate crisis. What can other nations learn from Chileans’ efforts?

Scientists Think They've Found a Shockingly Simple Way to Degrade 'Forever Chemicals'

science Alert | Aug 2022

This could be huge.

Waste not, want not: The advent of solar panel recycling

Cosmos Weekly | May 2022

There is a problem piling up on Australian rooftops. But recycling used or broken solar panels represents a lucrative new market, too.

Reanalyzing Seaweed Ecosystems’ Role as Carbon Sinks

Hakai Magazine | May 2022

Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential.

Charting a course to zero emissions: the challenge for global shipping

Cosmos Weekly | Dec 2021

For decades countries have shirked responsibility for emissions from global shipping. Now that initial targets have been set, the challenge is to decarbonise – but anything less than carbon neutral before 2050 won’t cut it.

What triggers torpor?

eLife Sciences | Dec 2021

Hummingbirds save energy using torpor, a survival strategy similar to hibernation, to cope with the demands of the breeding season and increase fat stores before migration.

One city’s bold plan to reduce its emissions for everything, everywhere

COSMOS WEEKLY | DEC 2021

The Australian Capital Territory has decided to address the carbon emissions that most climate commitments neglect.

Catching fishy imports to tackle seafood fraud

Cosmos Weekly | Oct 2021

Tracking the origins of seafood reveals some fishy business that could be combatted with better import controls.

Good news, bad news: how climate science is being used in court

Cosmos Weekly | July 2021

New research suggests climate lawyers need to catch up to climate science to improve their chances of success in court. But it depends on a new branch of climate science that has its limitations, too. 

Celebrating our native pantry

AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC | SEPT 2020

Appetites for Australian native food ingredients are growing globally, creating a burgeoning industry based on ancient Aboriginal knowledge.

Arrested Development

Hakai Magazine | Aug 2020

A low-tech solution offers an effective way to keep sea turtles safe.

For World’s Biggest Shark, Ship Strikes an Increasing Problem

Hakai Magazine | Jan 2020

Increasing numbers of whale sharks are showing up with scars and wounds caused by encounters with ships.

A shared path to conserving our country

Australian Geographic | July 2017

“This is a beautiful privilege to welcome you to my Country, and I’ll do it in my language,” Uncle Paul Callaghan says warmly, his back to the ocean, hands wide and feet grounded in sand.