by Matilda Meikle | Apr 29, 2024 | Environment
New data has revealed that underwater burning in the Great Barrier Reef is causing as much damage as Black Summer bushfires. Without immediate intervention, the Great Barrier Reef could suffer irreparable damage, leading to the destruction of one of the most important...
by Matilda Meikle | Apr 26, 2024 | Environment
Major Australian pharmaceutical organisations are collaborating on an initiative to turn recycled blister packaging into fencing. The new project is a partnership between Think Fencing, a fencing supply company from Victoria, and Pharmcycle. It will involve taking...
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...
