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Could 'nitrogen trading' help the Great Barrier Reef?

  • Written by: Jim Smart, Senior Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University

Among the increasing sums of money being pledged to help save the Great Barrier Reef is a federal government pledge to spend A$40 million on improving water quality. The Queensland government has promised another A$33.5 million for the same purpose.

One of the biggest water-quality concerns is nitrogen runoff from fertiliser use. It is a concern...

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Carbon capture and storage is unlikely to save coal in the long run

  • Written by: Gary Ellem, Conjoint Academic in Sustainability, University of Newcastle
imageCarbon capture and storage can clean up coal power. Coal image from www.shutterstock.com

As the world moves to combat climate change, it’s increasingly doubtful that coal will continue to be a viable energy source, because of its high greenhouse gas emissions. But coal played a vital role in the Industrial Revolution and continues to fuel...

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Snapchat has its risks but it's a powerful tool for youth creativity and socialisation

  • Written by: Jennifer Charteris, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy, University of New England
imageSnapchat is a powerful tool for teens to communicate and experiment.Maurizio Pesce/Flickr, CC BY

Charlene takes a picture of her dog with her smartphone and morphs his face onto hers to make a hybrid creature. She sends it to dozens of her friends and acquaintances.

Over the next 23-hour period, 70 of Charlene’s friends view it. Many reply...

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Election FactCheck: are larger, more frequent storms predicted due to climate change?

  • Written by: Kevin Walsh, Reader, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne

Certainly larger and more frequent storms are one of the consequences that the climate models and climate scientists predict from global warming. But you cannot attribute any particular storm to global warming, so let’s be quite clear about that. – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, speaking to reporters in Tasmania on June 9, 2016.

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  3. Explainer: the importance of William Barak’s Ceremony
  4. Is there life through the looking-glass? The riddle of life's single-handedness
  5. NBN Co says it was protecting staff morale in caretaker breach
  6. State of the states: Australian Capital Territory voters face two elections in 2016
  7. Reducing bankruptcy to 12 months ignores realities of insolvency
  8. Weekly Dose: methadone, the most effective treatment for heroin dependence
  9. Islamic State is quick to claim Orlando shooting, but media should be careful in reporting those claims
  10. Political tracts: the good, the bad and the badly written
  11. 22 ways to cut your energy bills (before spending on solar panels)
  12. Me Before You: life, disability and 'inspiration porn'
  13. Our cities will stop working without a decent national housing policy
  14. State of the states: Seismic shocks could shift Victoria the Coalition's way
  15. Did we used to have two sleeps rather than one? Should we again?
  16. Why we need to support Aboriginal women’s choice to give birth on country
  17. From insider lobbying to grassroots campaigns; the Australian Conservation Foundation's strategy shift is paying off
  18. India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people
  19. Business Briefing: what breeds terrorism?
  20. How the two major parties shape up on debate around student loan reform
  21. Explainer: How to find an exoplanet (part 2)
  22. Apple emphasises social responsibility and new features but is superficial on both
  23. Me Before You Before Fiction
  24. Treaty talk is only one problem for Indigenous recognition referendum
  25. #ausvotes 2016: some early impressions
  26. Microsoft sees integration opportunities in LinkedIn purchase – but will users care?
  27. Is nicotine really as safe as e-cigarette supporters make out?
  28. The off-topic Conversation #97
  29. Trollied: serves you (just) right
  30. Climate change makes a comeback – with the help of social media
  31. Labor's NBN plan shows it listened to critics of the current broadband rollout
  32. On asylum seekers, our history keeps repeating itself
  33. Computing gives us tools to preserve disappearing languages
  34. Dark Mofo and the affective power of a creative storm
  35. The Paris climate agreement needs coordinated carbon prices to be successful
  36. Queensland's 50-year vision for its southeast must take heed of all region's future needs
  37. Election FactCheck: have 50,000 full-time jobs been lost this year and are over a million people underemployed?
  38. State of the states: 19 reasons why Turnbull and Shorten keep flying to Queensland
  39. State of the states: New South Wales and the issues resounding in bellwether seats
  40. New style lobbying: how GetUp! channels Australians' voices into politics
  41. Australian Christian Lobby: the rise and fall of the religious right
  42. Paralysed with fear: why do we freeze when frightened?
  43. Is coal the only way to deal with energy poverty in developing economies?
  44. Woolworths and Coles should heed simplicity lesson from Aldi
  45. Emancipated wenches in gaudy jewellery: the liberating bling of the goldfields
  46. How citizen scientists discovered a giant cluster of galaxies
  47. OECD figures are not what they seem in higher education
  48. The Indi Project: Soft voters say Turnbull better leader to handle a Trump presidency
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Options Available When a Company Faces Financial Distress

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