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Fluttering ‘tails’ on bird nests confuse would-be predators Blue manakins in Brazil use “disruptive camouflage” to protect their eggs, new study finds

Nice work, mannikins

Fluttering ‘tails’ on bird nests confuse would-be predators | Science | AAAS

2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, global climate monitors said Wednesday.

And it's official...

2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors f24.my/Bfd0.BS

"We will break their grip:" As Origin stalls on Eraring, Andrew Forrest says fossil fuel industry can be beaten As Australia's biggest utility stalls on the closure of the biggest coal plant, Andrew Forrest says he is charging towards real zero: "We’re not doing this to be heroic."

"We will break their grip:" As Origin stalls on Eraring, Andrew Forrest says fossil fuel industry can be beaten.

Absolutely pathetic.

Defossilize our chemical world Achieving net zero means eliminating fossil fuels, not carbon — the chemical element has a crucial part to play in powering the modern world.

Would get rid of a few fossilised politicians at the same time.

Defossilize our chemical world www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Only sentient beings hallucinate …
John Lanchester takes down the AI bros in The London Review of Books

You know what else beams solar power from space?

The fake patriots of the European right Trump and Putin’s fifth column

Orwell lives.

Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review? At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego

“Glowing oranger than usual under the stage lights, Trump eagerly put the medal around his neck without waiting for Infantino to do the honours. He told the audience of 2,000 people: “This is truly one of the great honours of my life.””

Hard days birding. Time for a snooze.

Aftershocks of an Art Crime Reverberate in Japan

“He has been candid about his deception since it was discovered, many in the art world have never been too interested in knowing its full extent, as rooting out fakes would deal a blow to reputations and collection values.”

Aftershocks of an Art Crime Reverberate in Japan

Michel Galati on Instagram: "A century of change condensed into a few seconds. In collaboration with @glacionaut I transformed historical and contemporary photographs of Swiss and Austrian glaciers i... 47K likes, 878 comments - flashologo on October 28, 2025: "A century of change condensed into a few seconds. In collaboration with @glacionaut I transformed historical and contemporary photographs of...

Bloody hell.
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How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.

Or we could just stop burning fossil fuels.

"Low wages and cheap labour comes at a significant cost to living standards, just as cheap energy based on fossil fuel will impose devastating costs for future generations."

- The Hon. Doug Cameron
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’

Fossil fuels are being beaten hands down by renewables in cost and cleanliness.

Time to turn off the gas and revive the reefs

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good morning.

Nothing new. There was a longstanding Australian-US military exercise called Operation Tandem Thrust.

The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters

Zoe nails it. Should be shouted from the rafters: “

“To the Nationals’ eternal shame, it is regional economies who are most affected by climate change and stand to gain most from action to mitigate fire, flood, storm and drought.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot

After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...

Australia's the second-largest LNG exporter in the world, but Australians have to pay through the nose for their own gas!

And on top of that, we're giving half of our exported gas away for free!

📺Stephen Long, Senior Fellow & Contributing Editor
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Littleproud (on #ABC7.30) has no idea about the crisis climate change is bringing … but the farmers are starting to understand.

And if he does understand, then he’s hideously reckless.

"Hail is now a top priority for insurers in Australia because hailstones are getting bigger, says Andrew Percival, head of sales at Chinese solar panel manufacturing giant Trinasolar."

As giant hailstones hit the Sunshine state, solar industry looks to new tech to protect against wild storms

Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’ | Temperature Check Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future

“Rather than heat deaths not being a thing, the report found that between 2012 and 2021 there had been, on average, an estimated 546,000 heat-related deaths every year around the world – a 63% increase since the 1990s. That’s one death every minute.”

Shorter …

These iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved? Florida’s primary reef-building corals have been declared ‘functionally extinct’ — prompting a shift in conservation strategies.

Overheated oceans and corals cannot co-exist.

Time to turn off the gas taps or we’ll follow the polyps to oblivion.

I’m looking at you, Woodside.

If you want brain rot, read the Financial Review (and leave gen Z out of it) Young people are suffering from 'brain rot', claims the AFR, and it's all due to social media. But there's another reason why young people are so unhappy.

This is an excellent rant and very true from Mr Bernard Keane.

If you want brain rot, read the Financial Review (and leave gen Z out of it) www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/16/b...

A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts The leadership of the Australian National University (ANU) has been claiming it is in financial crisis, with the former vice-chancellor declaring the institution was living beyond its means.

Julie Bishop should resign to let the ANU get on with research and education rather than neoliberal shenanigans.

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New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets.

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Don’t forget the car and the free petrol!

"What this report says is that flooding will be so common in large parts of Australia, you will not be able to insure.

"You can only insure against unlikely events."

-co-CEO Richard Denniss appearing at the Senate Environment Committee
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