Credit: Tom Sayers/AWC Conservationists are celebrating a major win in Central Australia, with threatened Golden Bandicoot numbers tripling inside a feral predator-free area. The remarkable population growth shows just how quickly native species can bounce back when feral cats and foxes, key threats to native mammals, are removed from the landscape. Dr Tim Henderson and his team […]
The study explored using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to detect bitou bush (pictured) and African lovegrass. Charles Darwin University Satellite imagery and artificial intelligence can detect with high accuracy two invasive weed species in Australia, posing a new opportunity for defense against these pervasive plants. Research conducted by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and Charles […]
Scientia Professor Xiaojing Hao working in her laboratory in the Tyree building, Kensignton campus UNSW. Image from UNSW UNSW Sydney Photovoltaic researchers at UNSW demonstrate best-ever results for emerging solar cell material antimony chalcogenide. UNSW engineers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell that could help […]
The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) has welcomed this week’s Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) announcements — delivering $10 million for recycling infrastructure in Western Australia and Victoria — but says sustained federal leadership is urgently needed to cut Australia’s dependence on virgin plastics. The latest RMF round will provide up to $6 […]
Organic Peak industry body to work with Austrade to expand organic exports over next eighteen months The new initiative will aim to support Australian Organic Limited’s wider goal of doubling the value of Australian organic exports by 2030 by growing international interest in key international markets Australian Organic Limited (AOL) has been selected to participate in Austrade’s Trade Diversification Network […]
Australians are being reminded to register now for Clean Up Australia Day with the nation’s largest environmental movement returning on Sunday 1 March 2026. individuals, families, schools, and community groups across the country are being encouraged to register to get in on the action. Since its inception, over 23 million volunteers have joined the Clean Up […]
Courtesy CEBEL, Flinders University Whales, dolphins and other marine mammals are highly social, but those social ties can also help diseases spread through populations of rare or threatened species. New research reveals why understanding these social networks is critical for predicting and managing disease outbreaks in oceans already under siege with pressures from climate change, […]
Key points Higher temperatures caused European honeybees to slow down their attraction to light, while native Australian bees’ light attraction appeared unaffected. Light simulating natural sunlight elicited a similar response in bees compared with simulated artificial city light. Bees living in urban and natural environments demonstrated similar light attraction responses. Research from Monash University explores […]
New World Economic Forum report suggests global clean fuel investment could rise from ~$25 billion today to over $100 billion annually by 2030 driven by new demand and government ambitions. Clean fuels can strengthen energy security and economic development goals, stimulating two to three times more jobs than conventional fuel sectors while diversifying national energy […]
Samara Doole, Possesed Photography, Thomas Reaubourgh via Unsplash.com If trucks ran on hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty road transport could be significantly reduced. At the same time, a new study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden shows that differences in how the gas is produced, distributed and used greatly […]
