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Radiation risk can be measured, understood and controlled in ways that keep people safe, including from contaminated foods.
One of North America’s richest ecosystems, sustained and shaped by Native peoples before European contact, nearly disappeared. A recovery is underway.
For wealthy societies, money has become the master rather than the servant – and it’s damaging the planet.
Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened and degraded environments in the world. The way we use the land surrounding waterways can have devastating impacts on aquatic life.
Harmful dioxins in Agent Orange, used to strip forests of their leaves, still linger in soil. Restoration work has been slow, and upheaval at USAID may slow it more.
As the federal election looms, Labor is running out of time to show it cares about Australia’s precious natural environment.
The hydropower dam is part of a huge effort to boost India’s homegrown energy. But it will radically disrupt the lives and livelihoods of indigenous communities in the flood plains downstream.
South Africa’s state-owned Central Energy Fund has paid five US cents, or one rand, for a huge oil refinery that isn’t in working condition. The public may have to foot the bill to clear up oil leaks.
Wes Anderson’s film ‘Asteroid City’ encompasses an environmental grief that manifests as failure to accept an uncontrollable reality.
Cheap and easy waste disposal is a highly lucrative business. The lack of regulation in how companies advertise is driving up illegal dumping.
Chemical weapons and toxins are still being used in current wars. Without action, ecosystems and people are at risk.
All nations must ramp up efforts to preserve and restore their coastal regions – and the time to start is right now.
By spending $2 billion each year for about 30 years, we could restore much of Australia’s severely denuded landscapes.
Promoting dialogue among Arctic states and peoples has been a great success, but the council must now adapt to tackle new and emerging challenges in this fragile region.
The push for a new environmental crime has attracted high-profile backers including French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis and Greta Thunberg. But we must get the details right.
If you’re doing something (even if you know you probably shouldn’t), you’re more likely to think lots of other people do it too. You also likely overestimate how much other people think it’s OK.
If all of humanity was wiped out tomorrow, it’s estimated that the natural world would take at least five million years to recover from the damage humans have done to the world.
I was a federal environment official for 13 years. Streamlining approvals for big infrastructure projects is a big environmental risk, unless it’s done properly.
Australia has been identified as a hotspot for emerging diseases, which occurs when human activities collide with a richness of animal species.
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds, UCL
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Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa
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Full Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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