Environment

Professor Tan Yigitcanlar, Dr Carol Hon, Massimo Regona and Dr Melissa Teo from QUT. | Newsreel

AI can build greener construction industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to create a greener construction industry. Based on a QUT analysis of current research, AI could be used in a diverse
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Map of world in rainforest. | Newsreel

Climate change increasingly on people’s minds

More than half the world’s population think about climate change on a weekly basis and are more worried about its impact now than this time last year. The statistics
Read more 4 July 2024
Wind turbine under construction. | Newsreel

Manufacturers set to do heavy lifting in energy transition

Australian heavy manufacturers converge on Brisbane this month with the transition to renewable energy the focus of discussions. The National Manufacturing Summit aims
Read more 4 July 2024
Confusing options are preventing consumers from recycling - Newsreel

Confusing options stifling consumer recycling

Consumers are being stifled in their desire to recycle by confusing options and inadequate information on what can be recycled. Dr Bhavna Middha, from the RMIT Centre
Read more 2 July 2024
Leeanne Bond

Bond to lead new energy board

A Queensland engineer who helped shape some of the nation’s largest energy projects is the chair of a new board which will advise on the state’s transition to
Read more 1 July 2024
Previously unmapped slush in Antarctica could mean higher sea level rises - Newsreel

Antarctic ‘slush’ could mean higher sea level rises

Scientists have discovered that high levels of “slush” sitting on Antarctica’s ice shelves could mean sea level rises from climate change have been
Read more 1 July 2024
Worker installing roof-top solar. | Newsreel

Sunshine State the solar champion

Queensland is living up to its Sunshine State status, leading the nation on solar installations. New research showed that Queensland had five of Australia’s top 10
Read more 1 July 2024
Nitrous Oxide levels continue to grow despite greenhouse fears _ Newsreel

Nitrous oxide emissions continuing to grow

Emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas regarded as more potent than carbon dioxide or methane, have continued to rise over the past 40 years, a global study has
Read more 1 July 2024
Coral bleaching. | Newsreel

Scientists map reefs with best chance of survival

Year-round coral bleaching on some global reefs is inevitable, with the Great Barrier Reef particularly vulnerable, according to new research. Researchers from James
Read more 27 June 2024
Solar panels and wind farm. | Newsreel

AEMO sets ‘optimal’ path to net zero

The operators of the national energy market have confirmed renewable energy production, backed by gas, is Australia’s “optimal” path to net zero. In its 2024
Read more 27 June 2024