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The overarching project of my life has been making myself safe. But what is the point if everyone else is drowning and burning and starving? This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 I am descended from people who factor a flat tyre into a drive

The Sydney-based novelist took inspiration from Toni Morrison to write the book she wanted to read It’s the near future. Animal populations have plummeted and 80% of species are extinct. The forests are so rare that you need to make a booking to visit one. Commercial fishing faces prohibition and, when vessels take to the

Coastal ecosystems in the eastern U.S. have been severely altered by human development, and climate change and other stressors are now further degrading the capacity of those ecological and social systems to remain resilient in the face of such disturbances. We sought to identify potential ways in which local conservation interests in the Lowcountry of

Publication date: December 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 178 Author(s): Andrés Vargas, Juan Pablo Sarmiento Erazo, David Diaz

Fears of flash flooding in parts of country, while experts warn extreme heat could become the norm Over a month’s worth of rain could fall within two hours on parts of Britain this week, causing flash flooding, while an ongoing heatwave is set to break records. Police and the coastguard issued warnings over the weekend

Publication date: December 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 178 Author(s): Adam J. Daigneault, Brent L. Sohngen, Roger Sedjo

The information commissioner says release of material previously redacted by the scientific agency is a matter of public interest An important freedom of information ruling from the information commissioner involving the CSIRO has set a new bar on when the public service can withhold documents detailing internal deliberations if they concern matters of public importance.