by Matilda Meikle | Apr 22, 2024 | Environment
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $59.1 million in funding to be split across 21 groundbreaking research projects. Each project will target either hydrogen or low emissions iron and steel research with the aim of reducing global emissions...
by Matilda Meikle | Apr 12, 2024 | Environment
A new method of frog collection could help conservationists to save endangered amphibian species. While frogs may not seem like a scarce species, they belong to a class of animals known as amphibians, the most endangered group of species on the planet. Currently, two...
by Matilda Meikle | Apr 5, 2024 | Environment
Australia’s Great Southern Reef is under attack from invasive urchins. With global temperatures rising as a result of climate change and a marine heatwave causing the east coast of Tasmania to remain two degrees above average temperatures for long periods of time,...
by Matilda Meikle | Mar 25, 2024 | Environment, Science
A study of dingo urine could support future species management strategies, according to new research. Recently, UNSW teamed up with Taronga Conservation Society and the Dingo Sanctuary and Research Centre to study the chemical makeup of dingo urine. The subsequent...
by Muhammad Hassan Aamir | Mar 18, 2024 | Environment
The Great Barrier Reef, an iridescent gem nestled off the northeastern coast of Australia, stands as the largest coral reef system in the world. Stretching over 2,300 kilometres and comprising more than 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands, it’s a spectacle...
by Matilda Meikle | Mar 1, 2024 | Environment
Scientists have found that the world is 1.7 degrees warmer, according to information gathered from the Puerto Rican sea sponge. Researchers from The University of Western Australia collaborated with experts from Indiana State university and the University of Puerto...
