This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment. Thirteen new industrial clusters from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, …
A team of scientists has come up with a new definition of seawater which is set to boost the accuracy of projections for oceans and climate. Oceans help regulate the planet's weather by shifting heat from the equator to the poles. Changes in salinity and temperature are major forces driving …
Cows, sheep and goats may seem like innocent victims of humanity's appetite for meat, but when it comes to climate change they have a dark secret. Forget cars, planes or even power stations, some of the world's worst greenhouse gas emitters wander idly across rolling pastures chewing the cud, oblivious …
An online trading system might forecast the availability of water more accurately than the best computer models used by environmental scientists, say its developers.
The current crisis in worldwide food prices reinforces the need for more productive agriculture. Emma Marris meets five ambitious scientists determined to stop the world from going hungry.
At least 150 whales have died in a mass stranding off Tasmania's west coast, Australian authorities said on Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who managed to shepherd a small number back to the ocean. The state government said the number of long-finned pilot whales that had perished had climbed …
Hobart (Australia), A group of 150 whales that became stranded on a remote coastline in southern Australia were battered to death on rocks before rescuers could save them. Officials from Tasmania state
This report provides a preliminary assessment of the state of knowledge of the implications of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This review identifies that there are likely to be significant climate change impacts on the biological, economic, and social aspects of Australian fisheries and finds that there …
This report provides a preliminary assessment of the state of knowledge of the implications of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This review identifies that there are likely to be significant climate change impacts on the biological, economic, and social aspects of Australian fisheries and finds that there …
This report provides a preliminary assessment of the state of knowledge of the implications of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This review identifies that there are likely to be significant climate change impacts on the biological, economic, and social aspects of Australian fisheries and finds that there …
Arbovirus diseases have emerged as a global public health concern. However, the impact of climatic, social, and environmental variability on the transmission of arbovirus diseases remains to be determined. The goal for this study was to provide an overview of research development and future research directions about the interrelationship between …
This is the second volume in the new series on the Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes produced by the Protected Landscapes Task Force of IUCN
This report by the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the UNEP Regional Seas Programme explores national and regional efforts to develop representative networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and offers recommendations for strengthening the planning of such networks worldwide. This report reviews 30 nations
Commerce in aboriginal art in Australia has hit a low after years of rapid growth. An auction fell far short of pre-sale expectations as the global financial crisis seemed to be taking its toll. Auction house Sotheby
Problems associated with implanting animal organs in humans had seemed insurmountable, but new research could soon bring about the first clinical trials.
An inflatable dam which burst, killing a young girl, after a week of heavy rain in Australia's Queensland state passed safety tests only days before, authorities and the dam's operator said on Monday. The 4-year-old girl was swept to her death on Sunday when the bladder ruptured, releasing enough water …
Australian wildlife officials were using satellite tracking on Monday to monitor a group of 11 pilot whales returned to the sea after a mass stranding on the island state of Tasmania. The whales were the only ones from a group of 64 long-finned pilot whales that survived the mass stranding …
A dam burst in Australia's Queensland state on Sunday after days of heavy rain and up to four people were believed missing in floodwaters, Australian Associated Press reported. "There are reports of people missing," local mayor Peter Maguire told the news agency. "I've heard three and four but I don't …
