Category: MIL OSI
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Air temperatures over Antarctica have soared 35ºC above average. What does this unusual event mean for Australia?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Martin Jucker, Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Jeremy Stewardson/Getty Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the lack of sun would keep the temperature at around –55°C. But…
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The Palestinian Authority is facing a legitimacy crisis. Can it be reformed to govern a Palestinian state?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Martin Kear, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney When Australia, France, Britain, Canada and a handful of other Western countries recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations last week, one of their key stipulations was the wholesale reform of…
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A new treatment for Huntington’s disease is genuinely promising – but here’s why we still need caution
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Bryce Vissel, Cojoint Professor, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney Krisada tepkulmanont/Getty Imagine knowing in your 20s or 30s that you carry a gene which will cause your mind and body to slowly unravel. Huntington’s disease is inherited, relentless and fatal, and there is no…
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Moldova: pro-EU party wins majority in election dominated by Russian interference
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Moldova’s ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won slightly more than 50% of the vote in parliamentary elections on September 28, achieving a slim overall majority. It garnered more than twice the number of votes…
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Curve Lake’s day school history reveals Indigenous activism in the face of colonial schooling
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jackson Pind, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Methodologies, Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, Trent University Chief Elsie Knott, the first female chief of a First Nation in Canada, disliked the Indian Day School system from her own childhood experiences and wanted something better for the next generation.…
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Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Elizabeth Blum, Professor of Environmental History, Troy University Environmental Protection Agency staff and contractors are often involved in large cleanups of toxic waste, such as after the Los Angeles fires of early 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images As Congress faces a Sept. 30, 2025, deadline to…
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Governments, universities and non-profits must work together to safeguard Canada’s lakes and rivers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Barrett, Research Associate, Aquatic Science, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary Recent reports of proposed federal government spending cuts to water monitoring and research strike a particularly ominous note for Canada’s Prairies. The government is considering significant reductions to programs, specifically within the Canada Water…
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A second runway at Gatwick airport could improve efficiency and bring down fares – an economist’s view
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marwan Izzeldin, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock The £2.2 billion plan for a second runway at London’s Gatwick airport has divided opinion over environmental concerns and its ability to kickstart the economic growth the UK so badly needs. Critics have said that the…
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: how mainstream drag is losing its political, activist and community focus
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Greenough, Professor of Social Sciences, Edge Hill University As UK fans prepare to sit down for the seventh series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, it is worth asking what the competition format really offers drag. Since first airing in the US in 2009, Drag Race…
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Port Talbot, one year on: steelworks closure shows why public is losing trust in net zero
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Beuret, Lecturer in Management and Ecological Sustainability, University of Essex The rolling mills are still working, but the furnaces are long cold. Of the 4,000 people previously employed at the steel mill in Port Talbot, Wales, only half still work there. Despite union protests and…