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Healthy Soils Could be Britain's Greatest Natural Defense Against Drought and Flooding, Say Regenerative Farmers

As the Government calls Water company bosses together to address the threat to farming in 2027. The Environment Agency's warning that agricultural reservoirs may not refill this winter makes this about future food production and water security, not simply this year's drought.

24 Oct 2026

20,000 Gigaliters and Counting: A Milestone for Healthier Basin Rivers, Wetlands and Communities

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) has reached a significant milestone, delivering 20,000 gigaliters of Commonwealth environmental water to rivers, wetlands and floodplains across the Murray–Darling Basin since it began its work in 2009.

24 Oct 2026

Recycling Project Transforms Retired Fire-Service Uniforms Into New Fashion Fibers

Retired Western Australian fire-service uniforms are being given a second life through a pioneering textile recycling project led by an RMIT University researcher.

24 Oct 2026

Helcro Solar: New Rules Cut Commercial Solar Costs by 20% for Businesses, Strata and Farms

Helcro Solar, a CEC-accredited solar retailer operating in Melbourne for 18 years, says the expansion of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme to 1 megawatt that took effect on 1 October opens the scheme's financial incentives to a segment of the market that has been locked out since the scheme's inception: commercial buildings, strata properties, agricultural facilities, and community organizations with systems between 100 kilowatts and 1 megawatt.

24 Oct 2026

'Desert Rose' to be Preserved

The legacy of a world record-breaking solar car, developed by and raced by Charles Darwin University (CDU) students and staff, will be preserved and celebrated in the Northern Territory’s premier museum.

24 Oct 2026

What it Actually Takes to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water

For our grandparents, it was lead. For our parents, asbestos. Today, PFAS dominates the environmental narrative, and with good reason. Through the latter half of the 20th century, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) firmly integrated themselves into a wide range of industries.

24 Oct 2026

Macroclimatic Shifts Alter African Rainfall to Trigger Ebola Spillover

A study led by the University of Malaga has shown that outbreaks of Ebola virus do not occur randomly over time; rather, their appearance is linked to specific large-scale meteorological patterns, even with oscillations occurring in regions thousands of miles away from Central Africa, where they are currently suffering from an epidemic of this disease, which can be fatal.

24 Oct 2026

Broad Thermal Limits Protect Estuarine Species From Ocean Warming

Adelaide University researchers have found that some estuarine fishes that live in habitats with highly variable temperatures can withstand the warmer ocean conditions expected to result from climate change.

24 Oct 2026

UV Chlorine System Achieves Largest Relative Boost From Aged Microplastics

A research team found that aged polyamide microplastics accelerated the breakdown of the pharmaceutical carbamazepine in three ultraviolet-based wastewater treatments.

24 Oct 2026

High Resolution Satellite Framework Tracks Divergence in Arctic Vegetation Trends

Arctic warming has promoted vegetation growth, but a pan-Arctic analysis shows human disturbance is eroding these gains.

24 Oct 2026

Cross-Border Study Documents Multi-Dimensional Impacts of Renewable Infrastructure

The rapid expansion of renewable energy to tackle the climate crisis is systemically violating the claims and livelihoods of local communities across the planet.

24 Oct 2026

Nanoparticle Measurement Challenges Obscure Aerosol Cloud Interactions in Arctic

As the climate gets warmer, the number of particles that make up clouds in the Arctic may increase or decrease, depending on the specific area. A new study indicates that, instead of considering [LM1.1]it as a whole, the Arctic should be divided into three parts.

24 Oct 2026