Science & Environment
The complications behind banning plastic bags
Friday, July 21 2017
A growing number of states around Australia are phasing out the use of plastic bags in supermarkets. It sounds like......
Koala habitats threatened by outdated logging policy
Thursday, July 20 2017
A new report has revealed the effects of logging on native Koala populations in Northern New South Wales, where 40......
Aboriginal habitation dated back to 65,000 years
Thursday, July 20 2017
Artefacts in Kakadu’s national park have been dated between 65,000 and 80,000 years old, proving that aboriginal peoples may have......
Microplastic litters Australia’s seafloor
Friday, July 14 2017
Biologists have found large amounts of microplastic pollution in ocean sediments of Australia’s south-east coast in a recent study. The......
2000 years of climate data released
Thursday, July 13 2017
Climate data reaching back to 1AD has been released in an open source database by the PAGES 2K Network. The......
Larsen C ice shelf sheds a trillion-tonne ice berg
Thursday, July 13 2017
A trillion-tonne iceberg has broken free from a crack in the Larsen C ice shelf in the West Antarctic. The crack......
Weighing up the benefits of green space
Thursday, July 6 2017
Adelaide’s CBD is surrounded by around 700 hectares of parklands that developers have had their sights set on for years.......
Earth’s ‘bulging waistline’ a danger for Australia
Friday, June 30 2017
Research shows the tropical zone around the Earth’s equator is expanding and it could have major consequences for Australia in......
Costs blow out on US carbon capture and storage plant
Friday, June 30 2017
A major US power company has sidelined a carbon capture and storage project after costs blew out prompting environmentalists to......
Another cyber attack? Get used to it.
Wednesday, June 28 2017
Computers around the world today were assaulted by the latest ransomware program – the Petya Virus – which is a......