Environment

Nitrous oxide emissions pose climate threat

Fars News Agency, Other, 10/10/2020 Rising nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are jeopardizing the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, according […]

NT bushfire scientists research controlled burns and their impacts on Darwin’s biodiversity

ABC Online, Other, 11/10/2020, By Jane Bardon There aren’t many people who go to stand in the middle of a […]

Satellites to help Australia manage water quality

opengovasia.com, Other, 04/10/2020 The AquaWatch Australia mission, being developed by CSIRO and the research consortium under a leading local supplier […]

‘A confronting amount’: CSIRO study finds 14 million tonnes of plastic on ocean floor

The New Daily, Other, 05/10/2020, Samantha Dick Every drink bottle we buy, face scrub we use and chip packet we […]

Putting red meat’s carbon neutral plans into action

Farm Weekly, Other, 01/10/2020, Shan Goodwin The rewards for climate-smart red meat businesses are well known. Consumer and community support, […]

Greenland ice sheet loss already ‘unprecedented’ and set to accelerate

ABC Online, Other, 01/10/2020, Nick Kilvert Melting of the Greenland ice sheet has hit a rate unmatched in the last […]

Who would ride a motorbike on Antarctic sea ice?

ABC Online, Other, 01/10/2020 Dr George Cresswell, a physical oceanographer, has probably been on more scientific voyages than anyone I’ve […]

El Niño-Southern Oscillation: five things to know about this climate phenomenon

Forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology suggest we should get ready for a La Niña event in 2020. But what […]

Can China, the world’s biggest coal consumer, become carbon neutral by 2060?

Science Magazine, Other, 30/09/2020, Dennis Normile China’s surprise pledge last week to cut its net carbon emissions to zero within […]