More countries accepting the environment must take centre stage
Research shows an increasing number of countries are publishing ecosystem accounts, helping to embed nature in economic and financial decisions.
Tag: environment
Research finds Australian wattle seeds have a ‘fire gauge’ and a ‘rain gauge’
Associate Professor Geoff Burrows has discovered the seed coat of Australian wattles has two functions: firstly, to sense when a fire has occurred, and secondly, to determine when enough rain has fallen to allow for successful regeneration.
Understanding flow is the key to river health
In a dry country such as Australia, accurate understanding of streamflow generation processes in intermittent rivers is crucial to understand the health of our troubled river system, according to Flinders University Hydrology researcher Dr Margaret Shanafield.
Charles Sturt’s small-scale winemaking to assess smoke taint
The National Wine and Grape Industry Centre is working with grower groups to make wine from samples of grapes from vineyards exposed to smoke.
Sugar ants’ preference for pee could curb GHG
A penchant for pee could see a common ant play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.
River Recovery Research Wins ARC Linkage Project Funding
Macquarie University’s Professor Kirstie Fryirs and her team have been awarded $600,000 over three years under the Australian Research Council Linkage Project scheme. This funding, announced by Australian Minister for Education, the Hon. Dan Tehan MP, is augmented with $225,000 from industry. The Linkage Program…
Rule-breaking plants as climate change survivors
Plants breaking some of the ecological rules might have a higher chance of surviving climate change, according to researchers from the University of Queensland and Trinity College Dublin.
Measuring bushfire’s impact on vineyards
Grape growers and winemakers in key Australian wine regions are working with La Trobe University’s Professor Ian Porter to measure the impact of the 2020 bushfires.
Rangeland weeds in splatter gun scope
Splatter gun technology testing is successfully attacking several rangeland weeds, minimising chemical usage and better targeting weed outbreaks.
Researcher examines value of social media in a crisis
A Charles Darwin University researcher will analyse social media’s fake bushfire map phenomenon as part of a PhD investigation into the effects of disaster communication on human behaviour in rural areas.
First comprehensive portal to track international capacity development support for forest monitoring
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) launched a portal – the first such comprehensive platform – to track international capacity development support to developing countries in forest monitoring for climate action.
Trashed farmland could be a conservation treasure
Low-productivity agricultural land could be transformed into millions of hectares of conservation reserve across the world, according to University of Queensland-led research.