All posts tagged "environment"

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  Technology

  Sunlight to solve the world’s clean water crisis

  Researchers at UniSA have developed a cost-effective technique that could deliver safe drinking water to millions of vulnerable people using cheap, sustainable...

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  Science

  Microbes in trees eat methane for breakfast

  A research study lead by Southern Cross University scientists has discovered an unlikely microscopic ally in the battle to reduce the amount...

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  Science

  Even low levels of air pollution are harmful to health

  Growing evidence outlined in a newly published position statement from the Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research (CAR), and led...

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  Research

  Finding the drivers of Australia’s massive eucalypt dieback problem

  For many regions of eastern Australia, 2019 had the lowest rainfall and highest temperatures on record. In a desperate effort to survive...

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  News and Views

  Bushfire prediction tech to bolster emergency response efforts

  Australia will develop a nationally consistent bushfire modelling and prediction capability under an agreement announced between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and...

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  News and Views

  Discover the science behind wildfires and how to live safely with fire

  As the earth gets hotter and wildfires become more intense and unpredictable, we must find new ways of preventing, fighting and living...

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  Research

  Indigenous lands: a haven for wildlife

  Indigenous peoples’ lands may harbour a significant proportion of threatened and endangered species globally, according to University of Queensland-led research.

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  Science

  Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years

  Earth’s ability to absorb carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming,...

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  Science

  Study finds turtles could play critical role in “Fish Kill” clean-ups and European carp cull

  A Western Sydney University ecologist has completed a study of the aquatic scavengers in the Murray-Darling Basin, and has found that replenishing...

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  Research

  Smoke-related health costs of 2019-20 bushfires estimated at $1.95 billion

  A study led by the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research found the catastrophic 2019-20 Australian bushfire season saw smoke-related...