Fri Dec 18, 2009
Go to: Recommended links | Images | Video | Audio | Flannery briefing | Rapid Roundup The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) was held from Dec 7 to 18, 2009. Negotiators, ministers, scientists and world leaders assembled in the Danish capital to negotiate a way forward. Nigel Kerby from the Australian [...]
Tue Dec 1, 2009
New research from the UK suggests the use of insect repellent during the first three months of pregnancy seems to increase the risk of a particular birth defect (hypospadias). Hypospadias involves the premature shortening of the tube (urethra) that carries urine from the bladder to the opening at the tip of the penis. The condition [...]
Wed Nov 18, 2009
A paper published today (Wednesday) in Nature Geo provides the latest global assessment of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities and trends in the ocean and land “sinks” that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Despite efforts to mitigate climate change and the recent global financial crisis, emissions are still on the increase, the study reports.
Wed Nov 18, 2009
A paper published in Nature Geo on Wednesday provides the latest global assessment of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities and trends in the ocean and land “sinks” that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.
Tue Nov 17, 2009
The Federation of Australian Science and Technological Societies (FASTS) released a statement signed by 13 prominent experts and briefed parliamentarians on the risks to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) from climate change.
Thu Nov 5, 2009
At a meeting in Perth today the nation’s environment ministers endorsed a new National Waste Policy. The policy includes a new industry-run national collection and recycling scheme for electronic waste which is scheduled to be up and running in or before 2011.
Tue Nov 3, 2009
As the oil leak in the West Timor Sea off the cost of WA intensifies, experts respond to the longer term issues.
Wed Sep 23, 2009
Experts comment on the dust storm that has blanketed much of NSW, ACT, southern Queensland and northern South Australia.