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Podcast: How much does mass tree planting affect climate change impacts?

Amid the raging storm of climate catastrophe, adding new green things to the landscape feels like a wholesome concrete solution.

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Climate change is causing Europe's largest glacier mass to rapidly melt

Researchers are bringing attention to the very real possibility that Iceland could lose nearly all of its ice in the next 100 years.
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Every sixpack of beer contributes to climate change. Brewers hope algae is the solution
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Every sixpack of beer contributes to climate change. Brewers hope algae is the solution

In an Australian first, a 400-litre bag of algae has been installed at a Sydney brewery to reduce carbon emissions and produce food, pharmaceuticals and even bio-plastic.

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Australia's heatwave registers new hottest day on record, BOM says
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Australia's heatwave registers new hottest day on record, BOM says

The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 40.9C, breaking the mark of 40.3C set in January 2013.
Windy and wet weather coming, climate change fire 'threat' to world heritage area
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Windy and wet weather coming, climate change fire 'threat' to world heritage area

A Federal Government report acknowledges one of the biggest threats to Tasmania's wilderness is fires made more frequent and intense by climate change.

Croc-blocking coastal landforms might help stop nuisance Aussie crocodiles returning home

Croc-blocking coastal landforms might help stop nuisance Aussie crocodiles returning home

Crocodiles relocated to either side of the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory have failed to return to their home ranges, in research that could help in keeping problem crocodiles away from heavily populated areas.
Tasmanian councils grapple with effects and price tag of climate change
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Tasmanian councils grapple with effects and price tag of climate change

Three Tasmanian mayors discuss the impacts of climate change on their patches, where some residents are taking matters into their own hands to save land from erosion.
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