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New drone rules: with more eyes in the sky, expect less privacy

  • Written by: Brendan Gogarty, Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania
imageComing to a window near you?Stanisic Vladimir/Shutterstock.com

Drone footage is everywhere, whether used to film extreme sports, outdoor events, nature, music festivals, or just for its own sake.

Recreational aircraft such as quadcopters, fixed-wing and mini drones are getting ever cheaper and easier to buy. They are fast becoming a must-have item...

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Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action: Climate Council report

  • Written by: Martin Rice, Head of Research, The Climate Council of Australia and Honorary Associate, Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University
imagePlants absorb carbon and store it in the land. Blue mountains image from www.shutterstock.com

Just as people pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, the land also absorbs some of those emissions. Plants, as they grow, use carbon dioxide and store it within their bodies.

However, as the Climate Council’s latest report...

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Record high to record low: what on earth is happening to Antarctica's sea ice?

  • Written by: Nerilie Abram, Senior Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Associate Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Australian National University
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2016 continues to be a momentous year for Australia’s climate, on track to be the new hottest year on record.

To our south, Antarctica has also just broken a new climate record, with record low winter sea ice. After a peak of 18.5 million square kilometres in late August, sea ice began retreating about a month ahead of schedule and has been...

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Queensland's culling program is not the solution to New South Wales' shark problem

  • Written by: Jane Williamson, Associate Professor in Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
imageWhite sharks are one of the species targeted in shark programs, but are also threatened. White shark image from www.shutterstock.com

Sharks are back in the headlines this week following the attack of 17-year-old Cooper Allen off the coast of New South Wales.

In response there have been renewed calls for culling and even the establishment of a commerc...

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