Even solar panels can’t handle the increasing heat
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
The best specimen ever recovered of the extremely rare night parrot is now on public display at Western Australian Museum – and it’s already led to a scientific breakthrough that can help save the species.
Thanks to a huge astronomical survey of the entire sky, we have now found what may be the most hellish place in the universe.
The oldest European settlement west of New South Wales’ Blue Mountains, Bathurst is pure gold.
After the memorable collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling program REDcycle in late 2022, a new scheme is emerging. It’s remarkably similar, albeit on a much smaller scale.
When Victoria’s national parks run short of koalas, this is the place to go.
When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode lungworms.
Australia is in the grip of an escalating extinction crisis. Since colonisation, 100 native plant and animal species have become formally listed as extinct due to human activities. The actual number is undoubtedly far higher.
Detailed satellite mapping of the world’s reefs has revealed there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought – information that’s aiding conservation efforts of these environments.
The good news: 25 Australian birds are now at less risk of extinction. The bad news: 29 are gone and four more might be.