Saving Australia's wetlands from tenacious willows
Scientists have developed a new way to rescue the Bogong High Plains and their endangered alpine wetlands from invading European willows.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2013
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Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief
Australia's extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the UN's climate panel chief said Tuesday.
Environment
Jan 15, 2013
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Australia's first bushfire resistant straw house to be built
With bushfire season fast approaching, construction of the first bushfire resistant straw bale house tested by CSIRO has begun in rural Victoria.
Engineering
Oct 4, 2012
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Drinking water: lessons from a decade of extreme weather
(Phys.org)—While extreme weather events will inevitably impact water quality, the biggest risk to public health is not the intensity of these events but their increasingly close proximity to one another, UNSW researchers ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2012
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Evidence in ashes
The devastation of Black Saturday bushfires gave researchers an unparalleled opportunity to come up with bushfire answers.
Environment
May 28, 2012
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Australia to become hotter, drier: climate report
Australia's climate is warming at an alarming rate and is set to become drier despite recent record floods, scientists said in a report that warns of increased drought and fiercer storms.
Environment
Mar 14, 2012
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Discovery questions current bushfire mitigation approach
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new form of bushfire behavior, which can have a potentially catastrophic effect on the development of fires burning in rugged terrain, has been identified by a team of researchers from UNSW Canberra, the ...
Environment
Feb 2, 2012
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Black Friday provides bushfire answers
Clearing vegetation close to houses is the best way to reduce impacts of severe bushfires, according to a team of scientists from Australia and the USA who examined house loss after as a result of Black Saturday, when a series ...
Environment
Jan 18, 2012
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Modern wireless technologies could save bushfire lives
Mobile technologies, including the global system for mobile communication (GSM) and the ZigBee short-range wireless data connection technology could be used to monitor and detect bushfires, according to two research papers ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2010
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Expert: When it comes to being prepared for bushfires, safety starts in your own backyard
With hotter and drier conditions expected this summer, we can expect an increase in high fire danger days. So, it's good to be prepared. No property can ever be completely safe from bushfire, but there are some ways to address ...
Environment
Jan 8, 2024
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