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A brave new digital world – my first weekend of social connection in isolation
Coronavirus or COVID-19 is reshaping the way we connect. But it doesn't mean we can't connect.
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Morrison needs to be smarter, more creative, more sustainable with Covid-19 response
Morrison should think more creatively and strategically about his economic stimulus. Sustainable infrastructure would be a good start.
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VW planning small electric ID.1 city car that would sell for under $36,000
German car maker Volkswagen says it is working on the ID.1 electric city car small city car which will cost under €20,000.
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Covid-19: Staying at home – will demand go up or down?
The current crisis may mean lost work and for others working from home, for a while at least. Is this reflected in the demand we see on the grid?
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Machine 'could quadruple' heart and lung transplants
North Queensland needs a new link to unlock massive wind and solar resource
There are strong arguments for a new link to unlock the massive wind and solar resources in north Queensland.
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Apollo 13: One family's agony and triumph
Lessons from cloud forecasting solar PV in off-grid applications
The relatively unpredictable nature of cloud formation causes short-term variability of solar PV output. There are several ways this can be managed.
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Solar, battery storage in demand as Coronavirus encourages shift to “self-reliance”
The COVID-19 impact on Australia's solar and storage sector may not be all bad, particularly as homes and businesses look for ways to cut energy costs and increase self-reliance.
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Tesla claims NY gigafactory producing 1000 solar tile roofs a week
Tesla claims NY gigafactory produced 4MW of the company's solar glass tiles last week, cracking Elon Musk's slightly delayed milestone of 1000 solar roofs a week.
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Great Barrier Reef watchers anxiously await evidence of coral bleaching from aerial surveys
Planes will this week cover areas in the southern half of the reef that escaped earlier bleaching but may have undergone high levels of heat stress
The full impact of coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef will become clearer this week as aerial surveys of hundreds of reefs are completed in the bottom two thirds of the world’s biggest reef system.
An aerial survey carried out last week over almost 500 individual reefs between the Torres Strait and Cairns revealed some severe bleaching of corals closer to shore, but almost none on outer reefs.
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Fewer oaks, more conifers: Britain’s forests must change to meet climate targets
Last century the Forestry Commission sparked anger with a mass planting of conifer trees designed to provide a national reserve of timber because the shortages of the first world war had highlighted a national need.
Now a leading expert is calling for similar action again, arguing that if the UK is serious about offsetting its carbon dioxide emissions it must plant tens of millions of trees from imported species on open land.
Continue reading...Water saving an important but ignored weapon in solving climate crisis, says UN
On World Water Day, the UN says conservation is a ‘virtuous circle’ in the fight against global heating
Using water more efficiently in everything from daily life to agriculture and industry would help reduce planet-warming emissions and curb climate change – a potential benefit that has yet to be widely recognised.
In a report issued on World Water Day on Sunday, UN agencies said global warming would “affect the availability, quality and quantity of water for basic human needs”, threatening the right to water and sanitation for “potentially billions of people”.
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OneWeb increases mega-constellation to 74 satellites
'The forest is now terribly silent': land set aside for threatened species entirely burnt out
Series of before and after images spark renewed calls for Victoria to urgently phase out native timber logging
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Coronavirus: Chris Packham on Covid-19's impact on nature
Dolphins and fish: nature moves into spaces left empty by Italian coronavirus quarantine – video
Video shared on social media shows clear and calm water in Venice as animals take advantage of the lockdown in Italy to move into usually crowded spaces. Dolphins and wild boar have been spotted as ports and roads have been quiet as the country remains under strict quarantine at least until 3 April
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