• ECOS - Towards a Sustainable Future
Ecos Issue 152 - Table of Contents

 

Spotlight on CSIRO

When forgetfulness becomes a disease

New leader of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Sciences division

 

Rain gardens buffer Melbourne's waterways

Joint venture work by Monash University and company Ecological Engineering has developed ingeniously simple 'rain gardens' that filter stormwater before it is collected for re-use, thereby preventing chemically tainted urban run-off from polluting Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay and local streams.




    
 
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