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Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. This World Bee Day, how can we provide suitable habitat for these most important insects.
Next week is World Bee Day. But right now Australia’s honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. What can we do to protect our hives?
This Sunday is Mother’s Day – a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the love and strength of mothers worldwide. Yet, around the world, many mothers and their newborns continue to face the stark realities of maternal and newborn health challenges.
There’s no shortage of things to feel mad about these days. Now, new research suggests mindfulness could help us manage our anger.
Can tourism be green? What is your carbon footprint when travelling? Should I fly?
Good news, everyone! Recent research found 39% less plastic waste around Australian coastal cities than a decade ago.
Daylight saving ended. We changed our clocks. We got an extra hour of sleep. But why do we still feel exhausted?
Carbon Choices UK author, Neil Kitching, makes the case to use electricity, rather than gas, in our homes—for carbon health and energy security reasons.
Sukhbir Sandhu, University of South Australia In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tonnes of electronic waste—or e-waste. That’s enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 million tonnes. Australia is a huge contributor to this problem. Every year each Australian, on average,…
Athletes have got better—but so has their equipment. And the amount of waste from sports is growing fast. Our research offers a way to reduce this waste—and extract valuable carbon fibres.
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