From Smokey Bear to climate change: the future of wildland fire management
John Bailey, Oregon State University
Current conditions in the West demonstrate that our US fire management system is struggling and approaching a state of crisis....
The biggest infectious disease threat we face isn’t Ebola…
The biggest infectious disease threat we face isn't Ebola – it's our short attention span
Bruce Ribner, Emory University
A year ago, I received a phone...
Temporary ban on fishing reflects how fragile Arctic ecosystem is
Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia
As climate change melts the ice in the Arctic, areas that had previously been closed in the Arctic...
Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the...
Monica Grady, The Open University
A firework display is often the finale of a celebratory event, something that many people can experience and enjoy at...
Cheap milk is a global phenomenon – so don’t blame the supermarkets
John Lingard, Newcastle University
British dairy farmers are once again protesting over the low prices on offer for their milk. They worry that too many...
News about the success of a new Ebola vaccine may be too good to...
Timothy P Lahey, Dartmouth College
Ebola is on the run: the number of cases dipped below 10 a week recently, and a few days ago...
Celebrity activists get it wrong on Amnesty International’s sex work policy
Rebecca Hiscock, University of Melbourne
Amnesty International’s recent publication of a draft policy recommending the decriminalisation of sex work has been received positively by sex...
We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous suicide
Colin Tatz, Australian National University
Despite efforts to prevent suicide among Indigenous Australians, especially the young, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide rate is...
