Pollution


RESOURCE PAGE: United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15)

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 [...]

RAPID ROUNDUP: Insect repellent linked to birth defects (Occupational and Environmental Medicine) – Experts respond

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 [...]

MEDIA BRIEFING: Global carbon emissions still increasing – Nature Geoscience

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.

RAPID ROUNDUP: Global carbon emissions still increasing (Nature Geo) – Experts respond

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.

ONLINE BRIEFING: Emissions reduction targets and the Great Barrier Reef

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.

RAPID ROUNDUP: New national recycling scheme for TVs and computers – Experts respond

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.

RAPID ROUNDUP: Oil leak in WA – expert responds

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.

RAPID ROUNDUP: Dust storm in New South Wales – Experts respond

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Experts comment on the dust storm that has blanketed much of NSW, ACT, southern Queensland and northern South Australia.