I’ve been trying for several months to get back to PNG to do some on-the-ground reporting about the climate impacts playing out there – most urgently the whopping El Nino. Sadly I couldn’t get the budget or editorial interest – so this piece for The Guardian is the next best option, reporting long distance, relying … Continue reading
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Solar power in Australia: Yale Environment 360
My second piece for Yale Environment 360, a website produced out of Yale University to showcase reporting, analysis, opinion and debate on environmental science. This article presents a snapshot of the state of solar in Australia, rounding up the policy and politics that have put solar units on so many Australian homes (highest proportion of … Continue reading
New Scientist: Ghost of the cloud forest -Seeking the white possum
My feature for New Scientist magazine, looking for the white lemuroid possum – the endangered polar bear of the tropics – in the cloud forests of Far North Queensland. (Sorry, subs required)- Link here Continue reading
Scientists focus on polar waters as threat of acidification grows
My report for Yale Environment 360: A sophisticated and challenging experiment in Antarctica is the latest effort to study ocean acidification in the polar regions, where frigid waters are expected to feel the ecological impacts of acidic conditions hard, fast and soon. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/scientists_focus_on_polar_waters_as_threat_of_acidification_grows/2752/ Continue reading