Ancient groundwater in Australia contributing carbon to food webs through surface water

An ANSTO-led study that examined the link between groundwater and surface food webs in the Great…

China wrestles with insecure gas supplies but stays strong on longer-term plan for renewables

As the world’s largest CO2 emitter and second largest economy, China’s climate policy has faced intense…

For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up

Greening our cities has become one of the great global imperatives of the 21st century including…

Newfound kilometer-size asteroid orbits the sun every 151 days

Astronomers have spotted an unusual asteroid with the shortest “year” known for any asteroid. The rocky…

How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica's largest ice shelf

The ocean that surrounds Antarctica plays a crucial role in regulating the mass balance of the…

New app aims to automate drones for good

Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a smartphone app which can connect with off-the-shelf drones and…

How electronic skin could help people with disabilities

You might not know what they’re called, but you probably use them quite a lot. Virtual…

Cats kill more than 1.5 billion native Australian animals per year

Pet and feral cats together are killing over two billion reptiles, birds and mammals per year…

Smoke from Canadian Fires Drifts Into United States

Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year. …

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to Reach a New Frontier: The Stock Market

The private space tourism business plans to merge with a publicly traded shell company, giving it…