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Rising carbon dioxide is making the world's plants more water-wise

  • Written by: Pep Canadell, CSIRO Scientist, and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO

Land plants are absorbing 17% more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere now than 30 years ago, our research published today shows. Equally extraordinarily, our study also shows that the vegetation is hardly using any extra water to do it, suggesting that global change is causing the world’s plants to grow in a more water-efficient way.

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FactCheck Q A: the facts on birth rates for Muslim couples and non-Muslim couples in Australia

  • Written by: Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
imageJournalist Mehdi Hasan responds to a question from a Q&A audience member. Q&A

The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.

Excerpt from Q&A, June 17, 2017.

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Australia’s new marine parks plan is a case of the Emperor's new clothes

  • Written by: Jessica Meeuwig, Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia
imageOrca family group at the Bremer Canyon off WA's south coast.R. Wellard, Author provided

The federal government’s new draft marine park plans are based on an unsubstantiated premise: that protection of Australia’s ocean wildlife is consistent with activities such as fishing and oil and gas exploration.

Under the proposed plans, there...

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Three visual illusions that reveal the hidden workings of the brain

  • Written by: Kim Ransley, PhD student, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
imageVisual illusions can tell us a lot about how our brain interprets the world.Mbellaccini, CC BY-SA

Visual illusions show us that we do not have direct access to reality. They can also provide an inkling of the mental processing that delivers our experience of the viewable world.

Indeed, it is the processing happening inside our brains that is the...

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  2. Why apartment dwellers need indoor plants
  3. Knives are sharpening on the new home affairs office
  4. Women now have clearer statistics on whether IVF is likely to work
  5. Essays on blood: why do we actually have it?
  6. Hugs, drugs and choices: helping traumatised animals
  7. Artificial intelligence holds great potential for both students and teachers – but only if used wisely
  8. How not to agree to clean public toilets when you accept any online terms and conditions
  9. Lessons Australia could learn from other countries to strengthen peace and stability
  10. How can our cities match Europe's for finding value in their creative vibe?
  11. The economics of the money-back guarantee
  12. Politics of landscape: the 2017 Wynne Prize finalists
  13. Abbott scores big win on party reform as Coalition continues to trail in Newspoll
  14. Peter Dutton's postal plebiscite 'fraught with conflict': Warren Entsch
  15. Shorten and Turnbull to talk on four-year terms
  16. Victoria may soon have assisted dying laws for terminally ill patients
  17. Weekly Quiz: in which year was the Battle of Dunkirk?
  18. As the Australian cricketers' industrial dispute drags on, here's what we've learnt
  19. Both franchisees and franchisors benefit from company-owned stores
  20. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the home affairs department
  21. How our immune system causes heart disease
  22. The Archibald finalists – and why Tony Albert deserves to win
  23. Spyware merchants: the risks of outsourcing government hacking
  24. Athlete health and fair play: Kristen Worley case puts women’s sport policy in the dock
  25. Friday essay: from the Great Wave to Starry Night, how a blue pigment changed the world
  26. Explainer: how scientists invent new colours
  27. Plonk: a language lover's guide to Australian drinking
  28. Social mix in housing? One size doesn't fit all, as new projects show
  29. Vital Signs: the RBA's still longing for Goldilocks growth
  30. When to send a child to school causes anxiety and confusion for parents
  31. New complementary medicine health claims lack evidence, so why are they even on the table?
  32. In banning plastic bags we need to make sure we're not creating new problems
  33. How 'nudge theory' can help shops avoid a backlash over plastic bag bans
  34. The ACCC threatens to take Telstra and other ISPs to court over misleading NBN speeds
  35. Grattan on Friday: Abbott shapes up in Liberals' fight over their 'internals'
  36. Antidepressants and pregnancy: study didn't find they actually cause autism
  37. Open season for our notion-building pollies
  38. Everyday makers defy populists' false promise to embody 'your voice'
  39. Three ways to help your teenage kids develop a healthier relationship with alcohol
  40. Refuge in a harsh landscape – Australian novels and our changing relationship to the bush
  41. How to borrow tools from the startup world for aid and development
  42. The off-topic Conversation #129
  43. The four-year treasure hunt for the hoodwinker sunfish
  44. Australia’s new ‘Home Office’ is a worry for immigration policy
  45. Australian coworking spaces cater to a more diverse crowd than just young tech entrepreneurs
  46. When it comes to kids and social media, it's not all bad news
  47. Farming the suburbs – why can’t we grow food wherever we want?
  48. Explainer: 'solarpunk', or how to be an optimistic radical
  49. Latest research shows surgery for early stage prostate cancer doesn't save lives
  50. Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years

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