By Simon Donald Stewart, Freshwater Scientist, Cawthron Institute
Climate change is already affecting lake stratification, the seasonal layering of water into distinct temperature bands, which is crucial for nutrient flows.
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By Harriette Richards, Senior Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
Lisa Lake, Director, Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles, University of Technology Sydney
Natalya Lusty, Professor of Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
The NSW Fashion Sector Strategy is a welcome contribution to the local fashion economy. Yet it is also a reminder of the complex challenges facing the industry.
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By Katie Pruszynski, PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
Charlie Kirk, figurehead of the American far right, took a question at a 2023 event in Salt Lake City about the second amendment to the US constitution and gun-related deaths. He answered: “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so…
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By Gordon Lynch, Professor of Religion, Society and Ethics, University of Edinburgh
Right-wing Christian nationalists saw him as a standard-bearer for religious values and libertarians praised what they saw as his commitment to debate.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Criminologist Keiran Hardy talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the origins of the sovereign citizen movement, and how it started in Australia with Prince Leonard.
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By Melissa Butcher, Professor Emeritus, Social and Cultural Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
In December 2021, I was in an exhibition hall in Phoenix, Arizona, with 10,000 young people who had come to hear a lineup of “America first” speakers, from Tucker Carlson to Ted Cruz. This was AmericaFest, an annual rally led by Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organisation whose founder and CEO, Charlie Kirk, was murdered on September 10.
I have spent the past four years listening most days to Kirk’s view of the world…
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By Gio Dolcecore, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University
Lavender marriages, traditionally entered into by LGBT+ individuals to conceal their sexual orientation, are on the rise, according to several news sources, with some even calling them a “trend.”
Historically, lavender…
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By James Whitehead, Researcher, Mitigating Wildfire Initiative, Simon Fraser University
Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, Research and Extension Specialist, Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, University of British Columbia
The challenge is not firefighting capacity nor convincing people to help; it is coordinating efforts to prioritize safety and efficiency.
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
Persistent indigestion isn’t always harmless. Here’s how to tell when it’s time to skip the pharmacy aisle and see your GP instead.
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By Ruth Emily Sylvester, Research Fellow in Water and Health Governance, University of Leeds
The raw sewage in England’s rivers and seas is not just a story of corporate failure. It’s also a legacy of Victorian sewers – impressive and high-tech in their day, but with inequality and exploitation baked in.
In the summer of 1858, London succumbed to a “Great Stink” as hot weather exacerbated the smell of human waste in and around the River Thames. Along parts of the Thames, sewage was piled six foot deep.
This compelled the Victorians to find a new way of handling the faeces of the…
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