All posts tagged "environment"
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305ScienceClimate change impact on Earth’s ‘life zones’ on track to accelerate
Scientists have revealed that climate change has already impacted all of Earth’s ‘life zones’ and the effects are set to triple under...
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312ResearchAir pollution clouds brain performance and workforce productivity
Even short-term exposure to air pollution impacts our brain performance and capacity to work, according to researchers from The University of Queensland...
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424ResearchReducing plastic in gardens – packaging, weed control raise soil contamination
A new study, studying microplastic contamination in backyard soil samples, suggests plastic landscape garden bed linings, commercially produced mulch and remnants of...
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828ResearchControversial idea could aid recovery of bushfire-affected koala populations
Koala translocations are controversial, however they could be used to aid the recovery of bushfire-affected populations, according to new Southern Cross University...
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671News and ViewsMOU establishes Centre for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Technology in Tasmania
A Centre for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Technology was established, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of...
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815TechnologySunlight 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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524ScienceMicrobes 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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640ScienceEven 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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531ResearchFinding 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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664News and ViewsBushfire 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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Taking monthly vitamin D supplements is unlikely to increase life expectancy in the general Australian population, according to research from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. The researchers analysed results from the Institute’s landmark D-Health Trial to understand whether a monthly dos...
Southern Cross University has attracted nearly a million dollars in scholarship funding for students who commence their studies at the University’s Coffs Harbour or Lismore campuses this year. Part of the Australian Government’s Destination Australia scheme, the scholarship provides selected ful...
Southern Cross University researchers have played a major role in the development of the world’s first blue carbon accounting model (BlueCAM), adopted by the Australian Federal Government. As part of the Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011, f...
Southern Cross University has recorded an increase in prospective students accepting their offers of study, coinciding with the NSW release of ATAR scores. While overall applications are similar to 2021, student acceptances have increased substantially, with many students locking in study plans ahea...
This project aims to improve travel demand calibration and accuracy of 24 hour/ 7 days network simulation models (live and offline) for the AM and PM peak hours, in fact any hour of any day. Such a solution will help reduce congestion, especially in non-recurrent situations and significantly increas...
Innovative road network pricing models https://t.co/aVqwsK7d7n
New research finds Vitamin D supplements do not prolong life https://t.co/hDHUIkqrmy
Southern Cross researchers help shape federal blue carbon credit system https://t.co/K9zqHmoqa9