by Nathan Brook | Apr 13, 2023 | Ideas, Science & Technology
Nathan Brook discusses the state-led schemes incentivising Zero-Emission Vehicles, taking a closer look at their unseen consequences. There is a growing body of literature that implicates market-based instruments (MBIs), which utilise the monetary valuation of nature...
by Charlotte Hall | Apr 11, 2023 | Science & Technology
A meatball grown from mammoth proteins made an impression on the media — but what does it mean for the environment? A giant meatball made headlines all around the globe last month after an Australian company succeeded in creating lab-grown woolly mammoth meat. The...
by Georgia Webber | Feb 25, 2023 | Climate Solutions, Science & Technology
Researchers at RMIT have found a new approach to remove microplastics from water sources. Could this be the solution to the notoriously hard to capture pollutants? Why are microplastics so widely talked about as one of the most persistent and pervasive forms of...
by Charlotte Hall | Feb 22, 2023 | Science & Technology
Crevices and weak points in the Antarctic glacier are melting more rapidly than other areas of the ice, two papers published in Nature Journal found. The underside of the Thwaites Glacier was mapped out for the first time by a remotely operated vehicle called ‘IceFin’...
by Lara Dixon | Feb 7, 2023 | Science & Technology
The plastic problem is something most of us our familiar with — too much ends up in the natural environment where it stays for hundreds of years to come. Is biodegradable plastic the answer? Lara Dixon investigates. Plastic consumption is expected to rise around 60%...
by Georgia Webber | Jan 31, 2023 | Climate Solutions, Science & Technology
Georgia Webber explains how University of Cambridge researchers are converting PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles and carbon dioxide (CO2) gas into valuable products. Two of the biggest threats contributing to the current climate crisis are the well...
