Scientists are planning to dig a really deep hole through the Earth's crust and into its mantle. The start of this mega-deep hole will be…
Understanding how climate change could impact on the deterioration of the basic building block of much of Australia's infrastructure - concrete - is crucial to…
Earthquake experts from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announced on March 11, 2011, that the world should learn from the gigantic Japanese earthquake, especially those…
They are called Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) and like something out of the film Minority Report they promise an improved way of…
The end of each year seems to be the appropriate time to review the highlights of the past year. The journal Nature has dramatic pictures…
According to a first-time worldwide study conducted on the largest lakes found on Earth, NASA has concluded that these lakes have warmed steadily in surface…
A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience states that the global economic recession has done one positive thing. It has reduced carbon dioxide levels…
Although Mr McGuire recommended 'plastics' to Benjamin in 'The Graduate', ye olde plastic bags are being bagged, done, dusted and dismissed from Tasmania's retail stores,…
A team of Australian researchers is working on a way to capture greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, with what it being called 'molecular sponges."…
Australian researchers have studied different types of coral and their susceptibility to disease and bleaching brought on by global warming. Depending on their level of…
