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New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It's time to cut off supply

  • Written by: Peter Christoff, Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne
New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It's time to cut off supplyAustralia's coal production is expected to jump by 34% to 2030, undercutting our climate efforts.Nikki Short/AAP

A new United Nations report shows the world’s major fossil fuel producing countries, including Australia, plan to dig up far more coal, oil and gas than can be burned if the world is to prevent serious harm from climate change.

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Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy

  • Written by: Scott Hamilton, Strategic Advisory Panel Member, Australian-German Energy Transition Hub, University of Melbourne
Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energyHydrogen infrastructure in the right places is key to a cleaner, cheaper energy future.ARENA

The possibilities presented by hydrogen are the subject of excited discussion across the world – and across Australia’s political divide, notoriously at war over energy policy.


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Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science

  • Written by: Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous scienceMaree Clarke's Men in Mourning (2011).Vivien Anderson Gallery

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people.

Review: Linear, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

The value of Australian First Peoples’ scientific knowledge is now being more widely acknowledged.

New exhibition Linear bring...

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NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacency

  • Written by: Hongzhi Gao, Associate professor, Victoria University of Wellington
NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacencyWhile tariffs have a direct impact on exporters in the US and China, third-party countries like New Zealand are more affected by non-tariff barriers.EPA/Aleksandar Plavevski, CC BY-ND

Despite disruptions to global value chains, the 18-month trade tensions between the US and China appear to have left New Zealand exporters unscathed so far.

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  1. The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remain
  2. Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
  3. An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet
  4. A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen
  5. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
  6. Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
  7. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  8. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  9. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  10. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  11. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  12. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  13. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
  14. Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
  15. cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity
  16. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
  17. Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
  18. If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities
  19. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
  20. Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes
  21. why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise
  22. There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working
  23. Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books
  24. Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend
  25. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
  26. Evacuating with a baby? Here's what to put in your emergency kit
  27. We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia's future. Economic growth alone can't deliver the goods
  28. reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
  29. Don't (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities
  30. a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests
  31. Our land is burning, and western science does not have all the answers
  32. Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse
  33. What the termite mound 'snowmen' of the NT can tell us about human nature
  34. Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself
  35. showing potential, but with room for improvement
  36. The problem with child protection isn't the money, it's the system itself
  37. Please, no more projections. What we need are predictions, and they're harder
  38. Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions
  39. Leaked documents on Uighur detention camps in China – an expert explains the key revelations
  40. Humans light 85% of bushfires, and we do virtually nothing to stop it
  41. Paul Keating attacks media for 'pious belchings' over China
  42. What are parasites and how do they make us sick?
  43. Turn down for what? Why you turn down the radio when you're trying to park your car
  44. Chat bots, James Dean ... can the digital dead rest in peace?
  45. Domestic violence will spike in the bushfire aftermath, and governments can no longer ignore it
  46. An 8-year-old made US$22 million on YouTube, but most social media influencers are like unpaid interns
  47. Making sense of menopausal hormone therapy means understanding the benefits as well as the risks
  48. Re-imagining a museum of our First Nations
  49. greenspace-oriented development could make higher density attractive
  50. Children learn through play – it shouldn’t stop at preschool

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