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Yes, you can hold an Australian passport but not be a citizen – here's how

  • Written by: Jan Gothard, Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
Yes, you can hold an Australian passport but not be a citizen – here's howThe two Australian-born daughters of the Biloela family don't hold Australian passports. But even if they did, they could still be deported.Shutterstock

Being born in Australia does not make you an Australian citizen. The Tamil family with two Australian-born daughters on Christmas Island awaiting a decision on their future knows this only too...

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this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead

  • Written by: Alessandro Palci, Research Associate in Evolutionary Biology, Flinders University
this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead_Hydrophis cyanocinctus_ has a mysterious hole in the top of its skull.Alessandro Palci, Author provided

Only fish have gills, right? Wrong. Meet Hydrophis cyanocinctus, a snake that can breathe through the top of its own head.

The 3m species, which is native to Australian and Asian coastal waters, can draw in oxygen with the help of a unique set of...

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Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia's gas exports don't help solve climate change

  • Written by: Tim Baxter, Fellow - Melbourne Law School; Senior Researcher - Climate Council; Associate - Australian-German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
Nice try Mr Taylor, but Australia's gas exports don't help solve climate changeoriginal

The latest report card on Australia’s greenhouse gas production is the same old news: emissions are up again. We’ve heard it before, but the news should never stop being confronting.

It’s 2019. The first assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which outlined the serious consequences of...

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why your backyard lawn doesn't help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

  • Written by: Sebastian Leuzinger, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology
why your backyard lawn doesn't help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphereWhile growing grass takes up carbon dioxide, it emits it again back into the atmosphere when it is mowed or eaten.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-NDwhy your backyard lawn doesn't help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphereCC BY-ND

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

If you have a question you’d...

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