Widely-available AI tools are supercharging cyber crime, which means we need to stay on top of our online security like never before.
In a climate-related milestone, from January next year Australian companies will be required by law to report on their climate risks, opportunities, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Emissions pathways act as a map of the future, showing us how to get from where we are to where we want to be.
Gold nuggets grow much bigger than they should – and electricity produced by earthquakes may be the reason why.
Why have successive Australian governments found it so difficult to truly embrace the country’s potential to become a clean energy superpower?
The Mad Max films are set in an arid, barren, apocalyptic world known as “the wasteland” – what does this tell us about the Australian environment?
Beyond offering enhanced protection, “self-healing” rubber gloves could significantly contribute to the reduction of waste, resource consumption, and overall environmental impact.
Australia must utilise its comprehensive strategic partnership with ASEAN to share knowledge and advance areas for collaboration, to accelerate the energy transition and green economy.
Three Monash University youth ambassadors played important roles at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP), the world’s most significant global forum for climate action.
The naming, for the first time, of specific companies, not just industries, and what they pay their male and female workers, is set to pressure employers to take action.
A new trial is looking for chemical markers in the breath of people with silicosis. A second project will test drugs that may help lung scarring.
Australia’s biggest competitor has massively expanded nickel production, funded by Australia’s biggest customer. What can Australia's nickel industry do to survive?
As Indonesia’s election looms, young people want action on climate change, but research shows the country’s political class isn’t listening.
This Voice referendum slogan wasn’t about facts; it was about emotion. And it targeted some vulnerable groups we don’t talk about nearly enough.
Put bluntly, Australian businesses as a whole appear to have become slow to adopt world best practice. But if we want to lift productivity, we need to act on a wider suite of solutions.
Deep-sea mining technology is a new field, and researchers want more data on its impacts.
Reaching 82% renewable energy share of the market by 2030 is admirable, but we’re underestimating how much electricity we’ll need to generate.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, discover how we can ensure our transition to a decarbonised future is just.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we delve into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – their potential benefits, and downsides.
Proven technologies already exist to rapidly reduce methane emissions, and Australia is leading the world in developing new options – but we must act quickly.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we examine whether mining and sustainability can go hand-in-hand as we transition to a decarbonised future,
Scapegoating Netball Australia players is an effective diversionary tactic for sport and corporate powerbrokers when they enter into ill-advised partnerships.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
Critical minerals such as cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements abound in Australia, but we’re not making the most of these in-demand resources.
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