Oceans regulate our climate. They play a key role in keeping the world’s “homeostasis” in tact. However, their ability to absorb carbon & keep the climate in balance is dwindling, a new report shows.
In a year-by-year study from 1765 to 2008, researchers found that the oceans are struggling to meet increasing emissions demands. They cannot [...]

This newly released video you are about to watch is a collaboration between acclaimed photographer and artist Chris Jordan and Christen Lien, and its content is emotional, impactful, and most of all, revealing about our legacy as a species. As part of the Midway Journey project/film, these photographs were taken in one of the most [...]

Tania Branigan Beijing
Two Chinese rights activists said todayyesterday that they were briefly detained by police after seeking a meeting with Barack Obama in Beijing. They added that US influence over China on human rights had declined. Jiang Tianyong and Fan Yafeng were arrested by plain-clothed police officers after gathering with others at a hotel [...]

A LIBERAL Party elder and senior member of the state cabinet that decided to build a huge aluminium smelter in south-western Victoria has declared the decision ”absolute madness”, saying it had been a costly ”disaster” for the state.
Former Hamer and Kennett government minister Rob Maclellan called on his own party and Labor to end taxpayer-funded [...]