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Mastercard Expands the Priceless Planet Coalition’s Forest Restoration Effort

With 15 new projects across six continents, progress is accelerating toward goal of 100 million trees, as consumer support for environmental causes grows

20 Apr 2022

Study Predicts Thawing of Gas-saturated Permafrost Around Oil and Gas Wells of Russian Arctic

Skoltech scientists and their partners from Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience of RAS, with support from the R&D unit of TotalEnergies, have predicted how oil and gas wells heat up the permafrost around them.

20 Apr 2022

UQ Collaborates on a Trailblazing Sustainable Energy Project

The University of Queensland will play a crucial role in a multi-million-dollar four-year project which will see universities and industry working together to build commercialisation in Australia’s critical mineral supply chain that will create 1300 jobs.

20 Apr 2022

CDU Expert says Australia's East Coast Drenching Releases Large Quantities of CO2 to the Atmosphere

The drenching of Australia’s East Coast could have an important impact on the carbon cycle as massive amounts of carbon are lost from terrestrial ecosystems due to erosion and flooding, says a Charles Darwin University (CDU) hydrologist.

20 Apr 2022

Arden Homes and RACV Create a More Sustainable Future for Victorian Home-buyers

Arden Homes has announced a new venture with RACV Solar that will ensure every Arden Aspire and Lumina home built in 2022 and beyond will have solar panel system installed by RACV Solar.

20 Apr 2022

Microplastics in the Food Chain

Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches.

20 Apr 2022

Researchers Created Artificial Rainfall to Examine its Effects on Plants

The mechanism present behind the good growth of plants is not about how much extra water is given to them, but when it is given, suggests new research performed at the University of California (UC Riverside).

19 Apr 2022

Mangroves Can Help Offset Carbon Emissions

Mangroves have endured the test of time, and are capable of living in water that is 100 times saltier than what other plants can withstand. They have flourished in some of the toughest environmental surroundings for millions of years.

19 Apr 2022

Microplastics are Finding Their Way into Human Food Supplies

Plastic rubbish has been found all over the place and currently, broken-down microplastics are discovered in variable concentrations in water and blue mussels and inside the intertidal zone at a few of the most famous and highly remote beaches in southern Australia.

19 Apr 2022

Adriatic Ecosystems Incredibly Resilient to Major Climatic Shifts, but Affected by Human-Induced Changes

An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the last ice age.

19 Apr 2022

ORNL Researchers Investigate the Effects of Manganese on Soil Carbon and Climate

While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet's soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major source of carbon release or a mitigation tactic in the years ahead.

19 Apr 2022