From this Issue
Addressing our groundwater crisisThroughout Australia a growing number of domestic users as well as commercial and industrial organisations are relying on groundwater to compensate for shrinking surface water reserves.
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Acting in good faithArguments over the science and economics of climate change dominate the national debate, but the social justice and humanitarian imperatives for action are gaining weight.
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News
Human emissions reach an all-time high
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon per capita per year, according to a paper just published in Nature Geoscience.
Universal metrics to measure building footprints
The world’s leading green building organisations have reached an agreement to adopt a common global language for the measurement of the carbon footprint of buildings, just weeks ahead of COP15 in Copenhagen.
From the Archive
Forgotten treasures
Native grasses, maligned by pastoralists since colonial times, are showing their remarkable pedigree and potential for Australian conditions.
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Who counted the kangaroos?
A profile of CSIRO biologist Dr Graeme Caughley is presented. His work has helped to rewrite the history of New Zealand, to save Africa's elephants and to survey Australia's camels and kangaroos.
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Forthcoming Events
Climate Adaptation Forum 2009
Melbourne, Sydney, 24 November (Melbourne), 26 November (Sydney)
http://www.dealersgroup.com.au/?doc9&event=54
Agriculture Outlook Australia
Sydney, 24-25 November
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Climate Change
Leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet.
