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´Ngara´ - communication across rural Australia
´Ngara´ – an Aboriginal word meaning to listen, hear and think – is the name given to new wireless broadband technology CSIRO is developing for rural Australia.
Virus threat to indigenous WA plants
Indigenous Western Australian plants, including the state´s floral emblem, the kangaroo paw, are under threat from introduced viruses.
Re-greening triumph after eucalypt dieback
CSIRO´s commitment to Landcare has seen the recent completion of a project that planted approximately 30 000 native trees and shrubs in a New England Tablelands´ gully in the north-west of New South Wales.
Coral’s dangerous childhood
Research by Australian and French scientists has thrown new light on coral’s dangerous infancy and childhood, in the quest to better understand how coral reefs can re-establish, at a time when they face multiplying threats worldwide.
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Opinion: Out of Water: From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems
Colin Chartres argues that meeting competing demands from agriculture, industry, cities and the environment will require a substantial overhaul in the way we manage the world’s water resources.
Feature: Shellfish make fantastic plastic
Plastic bags could soon be compostable and made from renewable resources such as shellfish waste.
Math explains water disasters
Using optical fibre technology and a mathematical theory, researchers are able to explain disasters from financial crises and rogue waves.
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Visual trickery key to luring lover
A new study claims male bowerbirds deliberately decorate their bowers to make themselves look larger to females.
Survival of the fishes
SCIENCE FEATURE: Overfishing is a problem in Australia, but we've come a long way in recent years in terms of fishing sustainability, say scientists and environmentalists.
Hunchbacked dino strengthens bird link
A large new carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Spain sported a very unusual pointed hump-like structure on its back, muscular legs and evidence for some of the world's first feathers.
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Factoring the planet's multi-trillion dollar ecosystem services into policy-making can save lives and jobs
Incorporating ecosystem services in local and regional policies can help save cities and regional authorities money while boosting the local economy, enhancing quality of life and securing livelihoods.
UNEP backs action on e-waste in East Africa
Kenya is set to become the first East African nation to develop regulations on the management of electronic waste (e-waste), following a national conference held at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi.
UNEP calls for 'greener' laws to avert world water crisis
Governments and law-makers need to integrate environmental concerns into water-use legislation to avert an impending global water crisis
Supplied By: United Nations Environment Programme
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Great Barrier Reef
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