These urchin slayers are trying to save California’s underwater ‘rainforest’
September 9, 2021
‘Zombie’ urchins have obliterated West Coast kelp forests. Can they be stopped?
September 9, 2021
‘Zombie’ urchins have obliterated West Coast kelp forests. Can they be stopped?
September 1, 2021
Sydney Water, in partnership with Cattai Hills Environment Network (CHEN) and Western Sydney University, is embarking on a study that will see water samples taken from the Cattai Creek catchment, in North West Sydney, and sent back to Sydney Water labs where they will be analysed for traces of platypus environmental DNA (eDNA) to establish platypus numbers in the area. Sydney Water’s lab teams have
...August 27, 2021
These are their demands.
August 24, 2021
We have been inventing stories about reptiles in the city since long before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
June 30, 2021
Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.
June 28, 2021
Some corals will be able to migrate poleward to escape rising temperatures. But scientists say Florida’s reefs have nowhere to go.
June 4, 2021
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched this week, creating a global framework for companies and investors to report and act on nature-related risks. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, executive secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, will co-chair the TNFD with David Craig, founder of financial-data company Refinitiv and group leader of data and
...May 30, 2021
The health of seagrass meadows and mangrove forests are affected in turn by the health of coral reefs, which cover just 0.2% of the world’s seafloor but are home to a quarter of marine life and provide livelihoods for 500 million people. But these vital ecosystems are another casualty of ocean heatwaves, that are becoming more frequent and longer lasting than even 20 years
...May 3, 2021
La Trobe University researchers have discovered a way to kill a bacterium that causes foaming in wastewater treatment facilities. The strategy could pave the way to solving a costly and hazardous problem encountered by wastewater treatment plants globally. Discussing the research findings, published in Nature Microbiology, Associate Professor Steve Petrovski explained that wastewater treatment
...May 3, 2021
Sustainable recycling and waste management solutions provider BINGO Industries has opened what is claimed to be the world’s largest and most advanced dry mixed waste recycling facility at its Eastern Creek Recycling Ecology Park in Western Sydney. The new $100 million state-of-the-art recycling facility is fitted with some of the world’s most advanced resource recovery and manufacturing
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