Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - October, 2013
For a long time, Australian Aboriginal cultures were thought to have sole-dominion over the secrets of setting fire to the land they hunt, but scientists are now finding the ancient wisdom with a modern lens.
New centre keeps Australian climate studies looking ahead
A new climate research college has opened in Australia, seeking to pick up the slack as climate science is cut in other areas.
Price tag placed on sub-surface stockpile
Groundwater is a natural resource which enables the activities of many other industries, now a centre dedicated to studying groundwater has put a price on the hugely important resource.
Trees strike gold in WA mining bloom
Even the trees are grabbing their slice of Western Australia’s underground resources, with CSIRO showing nature may have levied its own minerals tax.
Gold clash turns violent for Australian in Kyrgyzstan
An Australian mining office Kyrgyzstan has been attacked by forces opposed to a gold-mining project.
Poverty drives deadly building practices
Governments in Asia continue to use asbestos as a building material, putting generations of lives at risk with virtually no regulation.
Queensland plans ports for the future
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman plans for his state to be the export point for hundreds of millions of tonnes of resources per year, by way of developments at five of its existing ports.
WA claims its in the gas game for keeps
The Western Australian Government is most certainly in the fracking industry, and may intend to stay there for centuries.
Bugs love our guts, and we should welcome them
A new report has shown a deeper level of mutual benefit between humans and the billions of bugs that live in our gut.
Macfarlane marks tape cuts to boost power
Australia’s Minister for Industry says the Government’s plan for the future of the energy industry will seek to increase productivity and reduce regulation.
Pollution causes cancer, experts confirm
The smoke and fumes from industry, transport and agriculture have been officially recognised as cancerous.
Successful studs secure sunlight for power gains
A new manufacturing technique has led to an increase in the energy-gathering abilities of solar panels.
Two genes yield exponential increase in oil
A team in the United Sates has identified the genes responsible for increasing the oil content of plant leaves, in a discovery which could lead to great advances in the fields of agriculture and biofuel production.
A rough century seen ahead at ocean's depth
A new study has taken up the ambitious task of predicting a full chain of events - beginning with our current chemical impact on the ocean - to forecast the state of the sea in a hundred years from now.
Australian to chair global seedbank
Australia will take the lead on governing a treaty that will see scientists around the world sharing their seeds.
Bureau believes big storms will come, as they do
Australia is set for a tempestuous end-of-year, with forecasts predicting an 11-cyclone season.
Shields yield reduced run-off to the Reef
Scientists in North Queensland are reporting remarkable success in attempts to reduce the amount of agricultural chemical run-off to the Great Barrier Reef.
Studies grow edible results around the world
An Australian research group has been empowering women to a prosperous future through education and training all over the planet.
Unblocking our own path to recycled future
Australians will have to put aside their understandable scepticism and embrace the benefits of recycled water, a recent report has told.
Abbott drafts plan to wind back carbon laws
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has released draft legislation to repeal the Carbon Tax, including the abolishment of the Climate Change Authority, Clean Energy Act, and other measures designed to combat pollution.
Exploration process cut from years to months in QLD
Moves are afoot to halve the time it takes to get mining exploration approval in Queensland, with the State Government moving to slash the process.