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Doctor Sue-Ann Watson of James Cook University with the shell of a giant clam bivalve mollusc, Tridacna squamos. | Newsreel

Museum collections to predict climate change impact

A North Queensland university will use museum collections to predict how climate change will impact the world’s future food security. James Cook University Associate

Johnson on new Federal green metals group

Brisbane mining and manufacturing executive Marghanita Johnson has been appointed to a new Federal Government green metals advisory panel. The CEO of the Australian

Australia among world’s biggest food wasters

Australians throw away $8 billion worth of edible food each year and are among the biggest food wasters in the world. The latest ANZ Food For Thought report found

Team to measure crop residue emissions

Australian grain growers will be better able to report on their carbon footprint through a new multi-million dollar study. QUT Professor David Rowlings is leading the $8

Rehomed furniture reduces landfill and carbon footprint

A South East Queensland council has averted 60,000 kilograms of landfill and prevented 177 tonnes of Co2 emissions by using a local circular economy

DNA air capture trial in conservation project

Brisbane researchers have trialled capturing DNA from the air in an attempt to save an endangered Queensland marsupial. A team from QUT’s School of Biology and

Largest solar farm aims to export power to Asia

Australia’s largest solar farm has received Federal Government approval, with plans to export the power it produces to Singapore. SunCable’s Australia-Asia Power

The secret world of the dunnart

By Mechelle McMahon They live in an underground world, hidden down the cracks of hardened clay in the grasslands of outback Queensland – small as a mouse, cute as a

A rare supermoon is happening this week - Newsreel

This week is once in a blue moon

We are told that rare things happen “once in a blue moon”. Over the next three days, there will indeed be a blue moon. According to NASA, the moon event this week is

Breakthrough in reducing toxic waterway runoff

Bioreactors have proven to be successful in significantly reducing toxic run-off into waterways. Researchers at Southern Cross University have found evidence that

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