pollution

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 December 202404 December 2024

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement after a week of talks […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 March 202203 March 2022

The international community has agreed to end plastic pollution and draft a legally-binding treaty by 2024. Overnight, New Zealand time, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 April 201924 April 2019

A state of the environment report has highlighted nine priority issues, including polluted waterways, greenhouse gas emissions and urban growth […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 May 201812 February 2019

Plastic bags are the current public enemy number one, but are biodegradable bags any better? European experts argue that the […]

In the News | Published: 12 April 201703 August 2018

The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Sir Peter Gluckman has released a report hoped to help understand the complexity of […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 24 January 201711 April 2018

A proposal to ban microbeads from cosmetics is a positive step, but the problem pales in comparison to the harm […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 July 201603 May 2017

After persisting for decades, the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has begun to ‘heal’, exhibiting an ozone increase. […]

In the News | Published: 22 February 201603 May 2017

Stronger rules on farm pollution and a $100 million for cleaning up lakes and rivers are among new initiatives put […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 September 201526 February 2019

By 2050 it will be almost impossible to find a seabird that hasn’t eaten plastic, predicts a new Australian study. […]

In the News | Published: 11 December 201426 February 2019

Almost 269,000 tonnes of plastic pollution may be floating in the world’s oceans, according a team of scientists from around […]