Glass Wings Blog: Year
10 million animals die on our roads each year. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t) to cut the toll
100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power
100 years of surrealism: how a French writer inspired by the avant-garde changed the world forever
100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?
100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea
105-year-old woman graduates from Stanford University 83 years after leaving campus: 'Amazing'
1.2 billion young people will need a job in the next 10 years. The World Bank is trying to help them find one
154 million lives saved in 50 years: 5 charts on the global success of vaccines
2 Years of Action: Delivering on Belize’s Commitment to Ocean Conservation
2023 in Review: A Year of Progress for Oceans, the Environment, and Science
2023 ocean photographer of the year – in pictures
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin
2023: The Year Of AI Panic
2023 was the first year without elephant poaching in Republic of Congo National Park
2023 was the year of generative AI. What can we expect in 2024?
The 21 things you learn in your first year in Melbourne
21-Year-Old Maori Woman Who Became New Zealand's Youngest MP Performed The Haka In Her First Speech
25 Years Later, Neopets Is Finally Going Back to Basics
3 years after the Taliban’s return, Afghanistan is a broken country swarming with terrorists again
30 years after genocide: Rwanda’s older generations fear a return of ethnic tensions, but youth feel more united
30 years of LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘extremist’ status in 2023
The 30-year hunt to find the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert bus: ‘My jaw was on the ground’
45 Years Ago, One Kids Book Series Taught A Generation How To Make Bad Decisions
50 years after Evonne Goolagong’s Australian Open win, we should remember her achievements – and the racism she overcame
50 Years of Dungeons & Dragons: 10 Big Moments
50 years on, Advance Australia Fair no longer reflects the values of many. What could replace it?
The 56-Year-Long Crisis of Treasonous & Illegitimate GOP Presidents is Happening Again
A 101-Year-Old’s Fight Against Book Banning
A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline
A 20-year ‘mega-drought’ in Australia? Research suggests it’s happened before – and we should expect it again
A 365-million-year-old fish with an extreme underbite showcases vertebrate diversity
A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals the planet had water from the beginning
A 50,000-Year-Old Block of Ice Paints the Most Chilling Picture of the Future Ever
A botanical Pompeii: we found spectacular Australian plant fossils from 30 million years ago
A galactic ‘comet’ called Terzan 5 just illuminated a 100-year-old puzzle about cosmic rays
A great year to be a cabbage white butterfly: why are there so many and how can you protect your crops?
A History Lesson Star Trek Gave Us 57 Years Ago That We Failed to Learn
A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early
A pandemic that won’t go away – as COVID enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy
A tiny desert fish hits a 25 year population high in one of Earth’s harshest environments
A train through Ukraine: a journey into the stories of two years of war
A whale makes a comeback off Argentina's coast 100 years after vanishing
A year after Pakistan’s floods, 44% of children have stunted growth. What can be done about it?
A year after the PwC scandal, the furore is gone – as well as any real appetite for structural change
A year of ChatGPT: 5 ways the AI marvel has changed the world
A year of devastation: with hope and trust shattered, what can bring an end to the violence in Israel-Palestine?
Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived
Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green
Affordable nuclear? Dutton’s plan would add nearly $1,000 a year to the power bill of a family of four
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago – our new study may warn us of future climate tipping points
After 10 years of work, landmark study reveals new ‘tree of life’ for all birds living today
After 15 years, the World Wide Web Foundation is closing its doors
After 25 years, logging and bushfires, a greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest
After 30 years of waiting, Cop28 deal addresses the elephant in the room
After 33 Years, GameStop Shuts Down And Disappears ‘Game Informer’
After nearly 10 years of debate, COP29’s carbon trading deal is seriously flawed
After Years in Captivity, These Rescued Harpy Eagles Are Flourishing in the Wild
Aggressive measures in COVID early years credited for saving thousands of lives
AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study
Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘kills 5 million people a year’
Air pollution levels have improved in Europe over 20 years, say researchers
Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau: 100 years after its creation, his work is still a balm for a world in upheaval
Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years
An average 100 million native animals killed or injured each year from land clearing, mostly for beef farms
Ancient mud reveals Australia’s burning history over the past 130,000 years – and shows a way through our fiery future
Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits to the world, new research finds
Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key
Apparel industry leaks millions of tons of plastic into environment each year, study finds
Aristotle, Aelian and the giant octopus: the earliest ‘citizen science’ goes back more than 2,000 years
Aussie Gov’t: Age Verification Went From ‘Privacy Nightmare’ To Mandatory In A Year
Australasian bittern returns to Lagoon of Islands for first time in 40 years after damming damage reversed
Australia has led the way regulating gene technology for over 20 years. Here’s how it should apply that to AI
Australian amber has revealed ‘living fossils’ traced back to Gondwana 42 million years ago
Australian artists only earn $23,200 a year from their art – and are key financial investors in keeping the industry afloat
Australian coal mine emissions accounting trick could be hiding more than 10 million tonnes a year
Australian EVs could earn $12,000 in a single year with vehicle-to-grid tech
Australian fossil fuel tax could raise $100bn in first year alone, Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut say
Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2024 – in pictures
The Australian Securities Exchange CHESS blockchain: seven years of sunk cost fallacy
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by fifth mass bleaching event in eight years
Australia's year ahead in climate and environment — the good, the bad and the controversial
Baby beavers born in urban London for the first time in over 400 years
Band Aid sang ‘feed the world’ 40 years ago – where is hunger still an issue today?
Barcelona records lowest nitrogen dioxide levels in 25 years
Beaded moccasins confiscated from a Pa. school 100 years ago return to Native tribe
Bewitched' broke ground 55 years ago
Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change
Big oil ‘fully owned the villain role’ in 2023, the hottest year ever recorded
Bird Photographer of the Year 2024 winners – in pictures
Breakthrough Alzheimer’s blood test could detect disease 15 years before symptoms emerge
Bringing the river into the gallery and the future: reimagining Birrarung 50 years from now
California to get first new national marine sanctuary in 32 years, banning offshore oil drilling along miles of coast
California’s first new national marine sanctuary in 32 years to ban offshore oil drilling along 100 miles of coastline
CDC Recommends Multi-layered Protection Against COVID-19 as it recognises SARS-CoV-2 is a Year-round Threat
China: Xi’s new year’s address wasn’t a threat against Taiwan – it was a strategic move for legitimacy
Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years
Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan
City Libraries Eliminated Late Fees Three Years Ago — How Has it Gone?
The climate change we caused is here for at least 50,000 years – and probably far longer
The Climate Change We've Already Created Will Last 50,000 Years, Scientists Warn
Climate warning as world’s rivers dry up at fastest rate for 30 years
Close-up Photographer of the Year: Take a tiny peek at these breathtaking winning images
Colombia deforestation fell to 23-year low in 2023
Compulsory voting in Australia is 100 years old. We should celebrate how special it makes our democracy
Could dinosaurs be the reason humans can’t live for 200 years?
Couple Plants 2 Million Trees in 20 Years to Turn Destroyed Forest Back Into a Wildlife Haven
COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest
COVID 'is an all-year round virus' expert warns amid summer wave
Covid keeps killing more people every month than flu does in a year
Daniel Tommerup died 30 years too early when ‘all the hope in his eyes was gone’
David Shrigley wants your balls: ‘Just one of many stupid artworks I have made over the years’
‘Death hotspot’: we found 145 koalas killed along a single Queensland highway last year
Debunking junk: 10 years of rethinking rubbish
The Devolution Of Hydrogen For Energy Over 25 Years Is A Fascinating Tale
Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fills a major gap in history – north-west Africa was a central player in trade and culture
‘Dolomite Problem’: 200-year-old geology mystery resolved
The Dominican Republic miracle: a fifth of the country regreened in 10 years
Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years
Drug companies pay doctors over A$11 million a year for travel and education. Here’s which specialties received the most
Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum is finally set to open
The endangered gibbons who’ve been reunited after 132 years
The Endangered Species Act Has Been a Success for 50 Years. Its Work Is Just Beginning
‘Entire ecosystem’ of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles high school
Equinor admits it “over-reported” amount of carbon captured at flagship project for years
Every new mom in this U.S. city is now getting cash aid for a year
EXCLUSIVE: 100 years later, long-lost silent film found in Omaha parking lot
Fasting is a key part of Ramadan, but for many Muslims, climate change is making food scarce all year
Fifty-year extension for one of Australia’s biggest CO₂ emitters likely after WA ditches emissions-reduction rules
Fires broke out in a Melbourne landfill site four years ago. Residents are still waiting for them to end
The first published results from Juukan Gorge show 47,000 years of Aboriginal heritage was destroyed in mining blast
Fossil fuel industry’s anti-climate and anti-renewables playbook goes back 57 years – they are still hard at it
Four years on: the career costs for scientists battling long COVID
Friday essay: crimes, redemption and rebellion – the truths told in 65,000 years of Australian art are essential for national healing
From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos
From invisible segregation to the visible heart: what 100 years of kitchens can tell us about domestic labour
Gazprom Will Not Recover for At Least 10 Years
George Takei 'Lost Freedom' some 80 years ago – now he's written that story for kids
Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power
Germany’s turning point: 2 years into strategic pivot, progress made bodes well for the US, NATO and the world
Giant tortoises have returned to Madagascar 600 years after they were wiped out
Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says
Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years
Golden mole that swims through sand is rediscovered in South Africa after 86 years
Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years
Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end
Great Barrier Reef undergoing mass bleaching event leaving 200-year-old corals devastated
The Great Barrington Declaration and “natural herd immunity” versus public health three years later
Grey-headed flying-fox population is stable – 10 years of monitoring reveals this threatened species is doing well
The Guam Kingfisher Could Soon Return to the Wild After a 30-Year Absence
Happy New Year 2024!
‘Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart’: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist
‘Here comes the sun’: Zadie Smith on hope, trepidation and rebirth after 14 years of the Tories
“High rewards, no regrets:” Council gas bans could save new-build home owners $600 a year on energy
HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
Hobart endures hottest night in 112 years as severe heatwave hits south-eastern Australia
Holiday home tax to triple after three years under deal between Allan government, Greens
Hong Kong: No Accountability 5 Years after Mass Protests
Hottest ocean temperatures in 400 years an ‘existential threat’ to the Great Barrier Reef, researchers find
How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity
How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years
How debt-for-nature swaps have protected the world’s tropical forests for 25 years
How India electrified 45% of its railway network in just five years
How sci-fi has changed over the last 70 years, analyzed with data.
Hundreds of cities have achieved zero road deaths in a year. Here’s how they did it
Hydrogen car is dead and buried, just three years after Morrison hailed it a “game changer”
In a year of global elections, how do we stop the spread of misinformation? ‘Prebunking’ is part of the solution
In Bangladesh, olive ridley turtles break 4-year record with 53% increase in eggs
India looking at record high solar capacity addition at 17 GW this year
Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ancestral land after more than 80 years
Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research
The Innu have lived in eastern Canada for thousands of years, yet their rights to this land are increasingly threatened by the question: who is Indigenous?
Islamic State remains a potent threat five years after its military defeat
‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers
It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it
It’s 4 years since the first COVID case in Australia. Here’s how our pandemic experiences have changed over time
“It’s all about the money:” US town saves $80,000 a year by switching to electric police vehicles
It’s not official yet but Mount Fuji gets its trademark snowcap after the longest delay in 130 years
‘It’s the first time I’ve woven in 27 years’: Peruvian women revive arts lost to trauma of forced sterilisations
I’ve studied sand dunes for 40 years – here’s what people find most surprising
The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022
‘Kamala IS brat’: how the power of pop music has influenced 60 years of US elections
Kicking gas and electrifying households can slash energy bills by billions a year
Last coal power station in UK shuts down, brings coal era to end after 143 years
Like running Hazelwood for 106 years: Labor says Dutton’s nuke plan will be akin to a carbon bomb
The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future
Macquarie Island remains pest free 10 years after eradication program, but new threats loom
Madagascar: giant tortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out
Magpies swoop bald men more often, eight-year-old's viral survey finds
Many Canadians have had long COVID for almost 4 years. Researchers say there's hope
Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone. It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside
Matchcraft pioneer Len Hughes still making mind-blowing models from matchsticks after 60 years
Maui celebrates recovery of 151-year-old banyan tree after 2023 wildfire damage
Meet 2 ‘Lost’ Species—A Flightless Bird And Gliding Mammal—Rediscovered 50+ Years Later
Melanoma treatment pioneers joint Australians of the Year
Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year
Millions of Australians at risk of being stung by fire ants each year, experts warn
Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds
My Experience After One Year of Going Full "EV"
Myanmar’s misery: 3 years after the military coup, is there any end in sight for a ravaged country?
NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history
New book details Steve Bannon’s ‘Maga movement’ plan to rule for 100 years
New Research Reveals: The New York Bight Is an Important Year-Round Habitat for Endangered Fin Whales
New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years
North Korean hackers target Python devs with malware disguised as coding tests — hack has been underway for a year
Not Only The Hottest On Record, Summer 2023 Was Hottest For 2,000 Years
Not your average bank statement: what 10 years of impact investing looks like
Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park Celebrates 30 Years, as 2023 Marked First Year Without Any Elephant Poaching Detected
NSW will remove 65,000 years of Aboriginal history from its years 7–10 syllabus. It’s a step backwards for education
Offshore hydrogen “energy islands” could save Germany €4 billion per year – report
On a climate rollercoaster: how Australia’s environment fared in the world’s hottest year
‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’: rare chance to see explosion on dwarf star 3,000 light years away
One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle, NZ still needs a plan to fix its failing infrastructure
Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back
‘Our now-weary bodies have held on’: 109-year-old Tulsa massacre survivors get day in court
'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood
Pakistan bucks global trend with 30-year mangrove expansion
Pandemic Roundup: 2023 year in review
Parents are waiting more than 30 years for an Australian visa. The new home affairs minister needs to act
Parts of Great Barrier Reef record worst coral loss in 39 years, early AIMS survey results show
Peanuts’ New Franklin Special Fixes 50 Years of Race Controversy
Pelicans return to nest at Great Salt Lake island for 1st time in 81 years
Pellegrini's Espresso Bar in Melbourne farewells beloved server Rocco Eliche after 50 years
The people paid to spot risks see high chance of ‘global catastrophe’ within 10 years
The people who started again in their 90s: ‘I was in the closet for 95 years. Then that door blew open!’
Pine martens return to Dartmoor after 150-year absence
Poetry, parties and ‘strong Australian tea’. The surprising story of how Anzac Day has been marked in the US for over 100 years
Prefabs and the ‘missing middle’: how to get Australia back on track to build 1.2 million homes in the next 5 years
QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go
Queen Margrethe II is the first Danish monarch to abdicate in 900 years – but it is just a sign of the times
Queensland storm, cyclone recovery to take years, Premier Steven Miles says
Record Mexican Wolf Pup Foster Year
‘Red alert’: last year was hottest on record by clear margin, says UN report
Rescuer Uses Pineapple To Rescue Elephant Chained For 31 Years | The Dodo
ReSource RICA tree-planting project turns 'ugly' hill in central Victoria into 'paradise' over 20 years
Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace
Russian court jails US-Russian woman for 12 years over $50 charity donation
Salmon Make a Long-Awaited Return to the Klamath River for the First Time in 112 Years, After Largest Dam Removal in U.S.
Scientists claim PV systems combined with thermoelectric cooling may achieve 6-year payback time
Scientists Warn The Atmosphere Hasn't Been Like This in 14 Million Years
See 11 Breathtaking Space Images From the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest
'She is so old': One-eyed wolf in Yellowstone defies odds by having 10th litter of pups in 11 years
Slovakia plans to be coal-free by 2024, 6 years earlier than originally planned
Smartphones Can Now Last 7 Years. Here’s How to Keep Them Working.
Smoke pollution from wildfires may be killing an extra 12,000 people a year, new research suggests
Solar and battery microgrid saves Lord Howe Island $1.5m in diesel fuel costs in two years
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed
Startup revives 140-year-old tech to generate energy for remote areas: 'Marks the beginning of a renewable transition'
Still fab after 60 years: how The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night made pop cinema history
Students' 'homemade' rocket soars faster and farther into space than any other amateur spacecraft — smashing 20-year records
Study shows ‘catastrophic’ 10-year low for female representation in film
Summer 2023 was northern hemisphere’s hottest for 2,000 years, tree rings show
Tax on Europe’s frequent flyers could raise €64bn a year – study
Ten Inspiring Signs of Progress From the Past Year
They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are dying a ‘long, slow death’
This beautiful peacock spider was only found two years ago. Now it could be dancing its last dance
‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year
This Year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards Revels in Oceanic Journeys and Flamboyant Courtships
This year’s Nobel prize exposes economics’ problem with colonialism
Thousands of patients caught COVID in NSW hospitals last year and hundreds died, new data shows
Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it.
'To-day and To-morrow': The 100-year-old book series that predicted a wild and wonderful future
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger
Turkey earthquakes one year on: the devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt
Twins separated and sold illegally at birth reunite years later thanks to TikTok video
Two Years of Amazing Images From the James Webb Space Telescope
Undercover: Exposing the Far Right review – the bravest documentary of the year so far
Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024: Take a dive into the stunning winning images
‘Unlike anything today’: Gippsland fossil unlocks secrets of kangaroo that died out 46,000 years ago
The Unshakeable Resilience of Lahaina, One Year After the Wildfires
US buildings kill up to a billion birds a year. These architects want to save them
US ends year on environmental high with increased pollution inspections and protection for forests
US power grid added battery equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors in past four years
Vaccines accounted for 40% of the decline in infant mortality over the last 50 years
‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years
We are Experiencing the Longest Heatwave in 75 Years
We once killed 600,000 koalas in a year. Now they’re Australia’s ‘teddy bears’. What changed?
We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light
West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today
West Aussies should prepare to get COVID three times a year, warns leading expert
The West can’t ‘solve’ its Russia problem. Here’s how it should handle 6 more years of Vladimir Putin
What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin? An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia
What happens when you give a low-income family $26,000 in their child’s first year? We think we’ve found out
What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?
What if You Did Not Buy a Single New Thing This Month or Even Year?
What Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years ago can teach us about big changes to human behaviour
What should I give my child’s teacher at the end of the year?
What Venezuela Twenty Years Ago Taught Me About The USA Today
What we know about last year’s top 10 wild Australian climatic events – from fire and flood combos to cyclone-driven extreme rain
WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance pass the mid-point of the global 10-year strategy to eliminate yellow fever epidemics
Why 2024 could be a grim year for Ukraine – with momentous implications for the world
Why an intention to conserve an area for only 25 years should not count for Australia’s target of protecting 30% of land
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024: the winning images
With democracy under threat in Narendra Modi’s India, how free and fair will this year’s election be?
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation
Woman Admits 'Regret' Over Not Buying Puffin Sweater Years Ago. Days Later, It Shows Up at Her Front Door
Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age
Wood carver Maud Baillie made 'world-class' craft furniture on remote Wedge Island 120 years ago
Wood heater smoke estimated to kill up to 63 in ACT each year, prompting calls for national ban
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
The world’s green juggernaut will become unstoppable this year
The Year in Cheer 2023
The year in rainforests: 2023
The year is 2149 and …
The year the Australian Dream died
Yes, Australia’s environment is on a depressing path – but $7 billion a year would transform it
Yosemite National Park: Crews restore damaged landscape back to conditions not seen in 150 years
Your heat-trapping dark roof costs almost $700 extra a year in electricity. Why are they still so common?
Zero Jet Aircraft Crashes: 2023 Was One Of Aviation’s Safest Years On Record
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