‘Buffel bust’ sees volunteers clear more than 100sq/m in Alice Springs
An art exhibition opening in Alice Springs today will shine a spotlight on the native plants driven out of Central Australia by the invasive weed, buffel grass.
Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed
OS index examines which ‘urban heat islands’ suffer the most – and which cope the best with rising temperatures
Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as global heating turns British cities into urban heat islands, according to research.
Analysis from Ordnance Survey (OS) has created a heat vulnerability index for all cities in Great Britain. Portsmouth, which sits on the south coast of England and is home to 208,000 people, is the most vulnerable to extreme heat today and into the future, according to the research from the OS, the Met Office and the data analysis company 4 Earth Intelligence.
‘Exciting’ signs of survival as quolls and bandicoots reintroduced to outback
Once locally extinct across outback NSW, bilbies, bandicoots and bettongs are now back and breeding. The desert’s revival has been led by a young couple who moved their lives way out west a decade ago.
Australia’s oldest coalmine plans to expand under Sydney’s water catchment
Peabody’s plan to keep its Metropolitan Mine south of Sydney operating until 2044 has won emphatic union backing while the Greens call for it to be rejected.
‘Should be ashamed’: Traditional owner slams dingo kills in national parks
A grazier is at his wits’ end after losing $60,000 in sheep to dingo attacks in the past five years, but conservationists say killing the wild dogs is not the answer.