Environmental Science News
| Feature: Climate emails in perspective | Posted: 8th of March 2010 |
| A new report looks into why the infamous climate emails caused so much trouble, and what their contents mean. | |
| Library helps pest control | Posted: 4th of March 2010 |
| Researchers are building a genetic library that quickly identifies pest insects - helpful for people trying to fight an outbreak. | |
| Feature: Freshwater jellyfish hunt turns up trumps | Posted: 3rd of March 2010 |
| A summer research project into the reproductive cycle of the New Zealand freshwater jellyfish has yielded some surprising insights into this unique species. | |
| Logged forests burn easily | Posted: 1st of March 2010 |
| Industrial logging has made made fire easier to start and harder to stop in Australia's wet forests, according to a researcher. | |
| Reefs survived sea change | Posted: 1st of March 2010 |
| Research on fossil corals has revealed that half a million years ago, coral ecosystems survived a massive drop in sea level. | |
| Feature: Grid, get smart | Posted: 25th of February 2010 |
| Researchers believe the smart grid, a system based on power network communication, will be the electricity solution of the future. | |
| Freshwater fish under pressure | Posted: 25th of February 2010 |
| Researchers have found that many freshwater fish in Australia's south-west are in danger of extinction, due to bad water and exotic fish. | |
| Big reserves help ecosystem | Posted: 24th of February 2010 |
| Large-scale marine reserves have many benefits, according to a recent study - fish are up, pests are down, and coral is more resilient. | |
| Rising carbon snuffs coral | Posted: 23rd of February 2010 |
| Coral researchers have found that crucial reef algae are very sensitive to raised CO2 levels - so reefs may be in trouble. | |
| Gene scan helps gas reduction | Posted: 23rd of February 2010 |
| After mapping a microbe's genes, researchers are closer to reducing how much methane cows let off - possibly through vaccination. | |
| NZ dolphins under threat | Posted: 22nd of February 2010 |
| Attempts to protect New Zealand's rare Hector's dolphin are failing to prevent a rapid decline in the species. | |
| Pact protects stressed sharks | Posted: 21st of February 2010 |
| To counteract falling shark populations, Australia has signed an agreement to protect several major species. | |
| Lost ants search cleverly | Posted: 21st of February 2010 |
| A recent study has found that lost ants use a search pattern to find their nest, adapting the search based on how far the nest is. | |
| Meat ants devour cane toads | Posted: 18th of February 2010 |
| Researchers have discovered that Australian meat ants can help control cane toads, without troubling native frogs and toads. | |
| Gross saussies save quolls | Posted: 16th of February 2010 |
| To discourage quolls from eating poisonous cane toads, a researcher is giving them awful cane toad sausages. | |
| Feature: Discovering the secrets of microbats | Posted: 15th of February 2010 |
| In an effort to understand this elusive species, researchers have enlisted members of the public to keep watch for microbats in their attics! | |
| Platypus survives bad habitat | Posted: 9th of February 2010 |
| Researchers have found that the platypus is toughing out human changes to their habitat – some are even living in outer suburbs. | |
| Drought linked to snowfall | Posted: 7th of February 2010 |
| Drought conditions in Western Australia and increased snowfall in Antarctica are the result of localised climate change. | |
| Opinion: The Black Saturday dragon | Posted: 7th of February 2010 |
| Max Rheese argues that a repeat of Black Saturday is inevitable, and advises that more effort be made to control bushfire fuel by prescribed burning. | |
| Feature: Electricity-Carbon=Good | Posted: 7th of February 2010 |
| A mathematical theory developed in the late 19th century is being applied to the 21st century problem of creating clean coal power. | |
| Maths explains biodiversity | Posted: 4th of February 2010 |
| A mathematical model has been used to better understand the natural diversity of species in native habitats. | |
| Feature: Recovering Steels Creek | Posted: 4th of February 2010 |
| In the aftermath of the Black Saturday fires, an ANU-led project is helping one Victorian community record its own story of fear, loss and recovery. | |
| Iron soils cause sea blooms | Posted: 28th of January 2010 |
| New research is looking at how iron from Australian soils gets all the way to the coast, causing algal blooms out at sea. | |
| Special weather needs model | Posted: 27th of January 2010 |
| A researcher is working on a certain type of low that can cause severe weather, hoping to improve the accuracy of climate modelling. | |
| Thick ice caps climate history | Posted: 27th of January 2010 |
| Antarctica has rocks tens of millions of years old – and a scientific voyage will drill to recover them for a climate record. | |
| Feature: The trees of Delhi | Posted: 26th of January 2010 |
| Indian environmentalist Pradip Krishen had to dig deep in his groundbreaking restoration project of the desert landscape in West Rajasthanntro. | |
| New groups change ecology | Posted: 26th of January 2010 |
| In a changing climate, new combinations of species will live together – but researchers are already finding out how they will go. | |
| Key herbicide losing effect | Posted: 24th of January 2010 |
| A study has found that weeds are evolving resistance to glyphosate, the world’s most important herbicide. | |
| Humans killed Aussie giants | Posted: 24th of January 2010 |
| Research on fossils has found further evidence that Australia’s giant animals died out suspiciously soon after humans arrived. | |
| Feature: Leaving a good taste in your mouth | Posted: 21st of January 2010 |
| An Australian owned company has achieved carbon neutral status in the production of the perfect cup of coffee. | |
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