New tech to monitor climate change
Weather extremes have become more frequent and intensive since the 1950s, and international hydrology experts are using new technology to map land areas subject to hotter, […]
Cool way to keep streets green
Reports of tree canopy coverage dwindling in Australia’s suburbs is increasing pressure on local governments and other authorities to improve the health of urban street trees. […]
New gauge on weather forecasts
Australia, the driest inhabited continent, is prone to natural disasters and wild swings in weather conditions – from floods to droughts, heatwaves and bushfires. Now two […]
Water research discovers desalination of local streams
Dryland salinity is a devastating problem in Australian agriculture, causing ongoing environmental and economic issues. Flinders University researchers have now discovered that a stream in a […]
Fibre optics from the rooftops
Fibre optic cables installed to the Flinders at Tonsley roof and a University building in China are conducting a novel kind of experiment. It has nothing to do with NBN […]