Transport


SCIENCE BLOG: Risk of further eruptions in Iceland

Wed Apr 21, 2010

As the recent eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano continues, the possibility of further eruptions or other potentialenvironmental hazards must be considered. Australian researcher Deanne Bird has recently returned from a four-year study in southern Iceland looking at the local hazard and risk mitigation and emergency response arrangements.

RAPID ROUNDUP: Volcano eruption in Iceland – Experts respond

Fri Apr 16, 2010

A large ash cloud from the eruption of an Icelandic volcano (Eyjafjallajokull) has disrupted flights across Europe. Below Australian and UK based experts comment.

RAPID ROUNDUP: Solar Cars – when do we all get one?

Fri Oct 26, 2007

The 2007 race marks twenty years since the first World Solar Challenge silently sped down the long road from Darwin to Adelaide. Research is going on around the country and the world to make those racing cars ever sleeker and faster but How far has Australia advanced towards the serious and commercially available use of [...]