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how outer urban areas can manage the emergency while reducing future risks

  • Written by: Elisa Palazzo, Urbanist and landscape planner - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW
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First the drought, then bushfires and then flash floods: a chain of extreme events hit Australia hard in recent months. The coronavirus pandemic has only temporarily shifted our attention towards a new emergency, adding yet another risk.

We knew from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the risk of...

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Great time to try: baking sourdough bread

  • Written by: Lyndal Collins, Research dietitian, Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University
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In the midst of this global pandemic, a sourdough revolution has been born.

More time at home combined with supermarket shortages of essentials, has fostered the creativity of a whole new generation of home bakers.

If your Instagram feed is filled with everyone’s favourite new housemate, the sourdough starter, you may be...

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How might coronavirus change Australia's 'Pacific Step-up'?

  • Written by: Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
How might coronavirus change Australia's 'Pacific Step-up'?Scott Morrison attends the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu in 2019. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted countries and governments to become increasingly inward-looking. Australia is not immune to this. One of the effects of this situation has been that the “Pacific Step-up” appears to have dropped...

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Snowy 2.0 threatens to pollute our rivers and wipe out native fish

  • Written by: John Harris, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW
Snowy 2.0 threatens to pollute our rivers and wipe out native fishSchopier/Wikimedia

The federal government’s Snowy 2.0 energy venture is controversial for many reasons, but one has largely escaped public attention. The project threatens to devastate aquatic life by introducing predators and polluting important rivers. It may even push one fish species to extinction.

The environmental impact statement for...

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  15. Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany
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