What is the state of our water? What are the primary challenges to ensuring clean, potable water for generations to come? And what are the politics that either prevent or advance the availability of healthy waterways and drinking water? To answer these questions, Associate Professor Dr Maria Armoudian speaks to Dame Juliet Gerrard, Professor Naresh Singhal, Associate Professor Daniel Hikuroa and Dr Filippo Verre.

From the Antarctic to the deepest depths of the ocean, microplastics are found in increasingly large numbers. These tiny, seemingly inescapable plastics pose a range of threats to human health, animal life and the ecosystems on which we rely. How can we deal with this avalanche of microplastics? For more, Dr Maria...

Despite increasing signs of a climate crisis, false information continues to drive decision-making at the highest level, particularly in countries which have recently taken a turn towards authoritarianism.