The Institute of Applied Ecology and University of Canberra recently held a water seminar and pub night, where Siwan Lovett and Lori Gould presented an overview of the Rivers of Carbon approach, highlighted the principles and science upon which it is based, as well as discussed why this type of project is needed to meet […]
Hundreds of the invasive plant species that now inflict major environmental and economic damage in Australia were originally developed and distributed as pasture species. What a perverse outcome. What’s worse, we don’t seem to have learnt from these mistakes. Agricultural weeds cost Australia an estimated $4 billion every year, and the environmental damage is thought […]
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The Bureau of Meteorology has developed a new infographic (<a href="http://www check out this site.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/images/El-Nino-in-Australia.pdf” target=”_blank”>click to view) and video (shown below) that explains how El Niño might affect us. In early May, the Bureau declared that El Niño has developed for 2015. While the impacts of El Niño on Australia vary from one event to another, previous […]
