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Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green

Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an “urban heat island effect”. It puts cities at risk of overheating as they are several degrees warmer than surrounding areas. Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an “urban heat island effect”. It puts cities at risk of overheating […]

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Vodcast: Water stress in South Australian flora

We may be the land of drought and flooding rains, but we know that climate change will only exacerbate these extremes. Stefan Caddy Retalic talks about South Australia’s ecology and the many ways our ecosystems may change with various climate change scenarios. He has created a tool to measure the extent to which various ecosystems respond to climate […]

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