Environment

Solar farm.| Newsreel

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
Read more 21 August 2024
QUT's Dr Emma Gray.| Newsreel

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
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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
Read more 20 August 2024
News research shows bioreactors can reduce toxic runoff - Newsreel

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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Data centre. | Newsreel

Brain’s ‘gears’ key to energy-efficient AI

The human brain could hold the key to minimising the climate impact of energy-hungry technology like ChatGPT. University of Sydney researchers are developing an AI
Read more 19 August 2024
Tree on house after storm

Extreme weather impact triples since 2000

The impact of extreme weather in Australia has more than tripled since the start of the century. New data released by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) shows
Read more 19 August 2024
Palm Beach Headland, Sydney. | Newsreel

Stargazers centre of lighting pollution fight

A Sydney headland has become the first officially recognised city-based stargazing zone in the Southern Hemisphere under a program aimed to preserve night skies from
Read more 19 August 2024
Businessman with globe of Earth

Business can create both financial and social profits

A global study has found businesses can succeed financially by embracing critical global issues. The research, which involved Melbourne’s Monash University, explored
Read more 19 August 2024
Filmmaker and environmentalist Kal Glanznig, left, and pro-surfer, mental health advocate and founder of the Good Human Factory Cooper Chapman. | Newsreel

Waves of support for climate-anxious youths

Surfers have joined forces with a filmmaker and a mental health advocate to help young people cope with climate-change induced anxiety. Through a new program, which
Read more 15 August 2024
Woman drinking from plastic water bottle. | Newsreel

Toxic microplastics ‘upcycled’ into graphene

North Queensland researchers have developed a process to convert microplastics into a product harder than diamond. James Cook University Professor Mohan Jacob said the
Read more 14 August 2024