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Government stalls Queensland wind projects

Four wind farm projects in Queensland have been paused to allow for wider community consultation. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said proponents of wind farms in North

Ice core to reveal million-year-old climate secrets

An Australian team has started drilling in the Antarctic, aiming to capture climate data from one million years ago. Australian Antarctic Program scientists aim to

Renewables knowledge gap a risk to energy transition

Despite hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders having rooftop solar, a new report has revealed many are not fully aware of the scale of the nation’s move to

Reducing screen time is harder without green space

Programs to reduce screen time for young people tend to be less effective if there is no green space nearby for them to escape to. A University of Michigan study said

Reality check for green hydrogen dreams

Less than 10 percent of announced green hydrogen projects worldwide have come to fruition as high costs and uncertainty continue to impact the technology. A new study by

Demand for shark meat drives extinction risk

A rise in global demand for shark and ray meat is driving many species to extinction with Australia one of the few safe havens for the marine creatures. James Cook

Concrete solution to carbon storage initiatives

Storing carbon in building construction materials has the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide. A study by civil engineers and earth systems

New dataset shines light on Earth’s “ignorosphere”

A 60km wide blindspot in Earth’s atmosphere has been mapped, paving the way for improved weather forecasting. A team led by University of Tokyo researchers have

Could Los Angeles-style fires devastate Australian cities?

By David Bowman As I write this, five people are dead and at least 1000 buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that have swept across Los Angeles. Around 100,000

Quarter of the world’s freshwater fauna faces extinction

Almost a quarter of the world’s freshwater aquatic animals are at risk of extinction, a new global study has found. James Cook University’s Dr Michael Grant was a

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