Could Improving Photosynthesis Help Feed The World?
As the global population continues to grow, the challenge of feeding the world grows with it. Internationally, the system is already strained and working ineffectively with one third of all food wasted, while an acceptable percentage of people live in food poverty conditions. Increasingly, there are also signs that mass, intensive farming techniques are beginning […]
Coal not so 'amazing', public say, as mining industry advertising backfires
New polling suggests the net approval rating for coal among Australians fell by 9% during the course of ‘Little Black Rock’ advertising campaign A major advertising campaign that claimed coal was “amazing” and had “endless possibilities” appears to have proved counter-productive, a new poll suggests. The net approval rating of coal fell by 9% after […]
Burst iron-ore mine dam in Brazil floods district, killing at least 15 – video
Dramatic footage shows the aftermath of a burst dam in south-eastern Brazil, which has left homes and streets flooded and at least 15 people feared dead. A further 45 people are still missing following the disaster, which happened on Thursday near an iron-ore mine partly owned by Australia’s BHP Billiton Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
All electricity in Austria's largest state now produced from renewables
Hydroelectric power, wind energy, biomass and solar provide 100% of electricity for 1.65 million people Austria’s largest state said Thursday that 100 percent of its electricity is now generated using renewable sources of energy. “We have invested heavily to boost energy efficiency and to expand renewables,” said Erwin Proell, premier of 1.65m-strong Lower Austria. Continue […]
Call me emotional, but my anti-nuclear arguments are based on evidence | Scott Ludlam
Peak nuclear has passed. There’s no science to support an Australian nuclear industry, says Senator Scott Ludlam Nuclear power has hit the headlines again. The South Australian royal commission into the nuclear fuel cycle has rebooted the conversation around international spent fuel dumping at the same time the new chief scientist has thrown nuclear into […]
ExxonMobil under investigation over claims it lied about climate change risks
New York attorney general subpoenas Exxon and Peabody Energy, two giants of the fossil fuel industry, over claims it misled the public and investors The New York attorney general is investigating whether ExxonMobil misled the public and investors about the dangers and potential business risks of climate change, sources familiar with the investigation said on […]
At least 15 feared dead after Brazil iron ore mine dam bursts and floods homes
Forty-five people are still missing after the disaster at the BHP-owned mine in south-eastern Brazil, and video shows a village destroyed by muddy waters A dam has burst at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, and is thought to have killed at least 15 people, submerging nearby homes and burying vehicles. Forty-five people were […]
Climate change concern among Chinese citizens plummets, research finds
However, more than two-thirds of Chinese people support global deal to reduce emissions, part of marked support seen in all but one of 40 countries surveyed Concern about climate change among people in China – the world’s biggest carbon polluter – has plummeted in the past five years, according to new research. The Chinese were […]
Beekeeping firm that helps ex-prisoners back on their feet is a sweet success
Thanks to seed money from the Illinois department of corrections, Sweet Beginnings employs 40 people a year and enjoys a recidivism rate of just 4% Reggie Davis was only nine years old when he started selling drugs, before living the next three decades in and out of prison. His story isn’t uncommon in Chicago’s North […]
Capturing the oldest life-forms on Earth: inside Frans Lanting's Life exhibition
Uniting art and science, the award-winning Dutch photographer’s project has led him all over the world, from ice formations in Greenland to Shark Bay in Australia Life started with the humble horseshoe crab. Not life itself, but Life: A Journey Through Time, nature photographer Frans Lanting’s multi-year experiment travelling the globe, searching for places and […]