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Will a woman set foot on the Moon soon?

BBC - Wed, 2019-09-04 02:48
Nasa's Artemis mission plans to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon.
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Anak Krakatau: Volcano's tsunami trigger was 'relatively small'

BBC - Wed, 2019-09-04 00:02
The tsunami hazard from volcanoes that collapse into the sea may have been underestimated as a result.
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ANALYSIS: Australia hones in on fragile offset supply

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-09-03 21:58
Australian government agencies are gearing up to try and stimulate increased supply of carbon credits, backed by a carbon industry that despite the relative lack of demand is concerned over its flagging ability to develop new offset projects.
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EU Midday Market Brief

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-09-03 21:06
EUAs fell to their lowest in 2.5 months early on Tuesday in a choppy market on high alert for Brexit developments and weighed down by bearish technical signals.
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Saving Australia's endangered mammals

ABC Environment - Tue, 2019-09-03 20:05
Our unique mammals are on the endangered list. Their habitats are consumed by expanding cities and destroyed by tree clearing and climate change. There's also an increased risk of disease. Join the scientists on a mission to save them.
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Battle of Worcester artefacts unearthed for first time

BBC - Tue, 2019-09-03 19:48
It is the first time physical evidence of the 1651 Battle of Worcester has been discovered.
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First national Landcare Youth Summit announced in Wentworth, NSW

ABC Environment - Tue, 2019-09-03 19:06
Commemorations were held today where, 30 years ago, Prime Minister Bob Hawke launched Landcare at the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers.
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NZ Market: NZUs back at NZ$25 as buyers ignore fixed price option

Carbon Pulse - Tue, 2019-09-03 18:48
NZUs traded up to NZ$25 ($15.73) on Tuesday for the first time since late May as the bullish outlook from imminent regulatory changes outweighed restrictions from the fixed price option.
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Swooping magpie shot by Sydney council after 'particularly aggressive' attacks

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-09-03 17:15

Hills Shire council said it had received 40 complaints over three years about the magpie, and several people had been injured

A local council in Sydney’s north west has said a decision to shoot dead a “particularly aggressive magpie” that had allegedly swooped and injured people for years was “not taken lightly”.

The Hills Shire council had received 40 complaints over the past three years, with confirmed injuries, including people sent to hospital as a result of being swooped by the magpie on Old Windsor Road in Bella Vista.

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What is sustainable palm oil?

BBC - Tue, 2019-09-03 16:42
Can the palm oil industry improve its impact on the environment?
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Floods wreaking havoc on Great Lakes region fueled by climate crisis

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-09-03 16:00

Depths of lakes that hold about 90% of US’s freshwater spiking to record levels, from 14in to nearly 3ft above long-term averages

This summer, as rain relentlessly poured down on the Great Lakes region, Detroit declared a rare state of emergency. The swollen Detroit River had spilled into the low-lying Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood – an event not seen near this scale since 1986.

Volunteers sandbagged the area as the city’s overwhelmed sewer system spilled raw sewage into the river, which connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Across the channel from Jefferson Chalmers, water damaged the historic boathouse on Belle Isle, an iconic 982-acre island park that remains partly shut down because of flooding.

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'They eat everything in their path': Spain's shellfish farmers turn on starfish | Stephen Burgen

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-09-03 16:00

Galicia has agreed to a cull of the creatures, which are turning up in unusually large numbers and feasting on the region’s key export

Galicia, in north-west Spain, has declared war on an apparently inoffensive creature that is putting livelihoods under threat.

The region’s shellfish farmers say that an unusually large population of starfish has begun devouring their crop of mussels, cockles and clams. They recently obtained permission from the regional government to cull the starfish, and divers have been hauling up hundreds of kilos a day.

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Risen Energy (Australia) has signed their largest exclusive distribution agreement with Australia’s largest solar distributor

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-09-03 15:16

Risen Energy (Australia) has signed a large-scale exclusive distribution agreement with One Stop Warehouse, Australia’s largest solar distributor.

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Solar’s stunning win in Europe: Even with storage it beats spot prices

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-09-03 15:03

New study shows solar is cheaper than electricity prices throughout Europe, and even with storage it's still cheaper in some countries. Policy makers need to catch up.

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NEXTDC earns acclaim from Frost & Sullivan for its technology and customer focus in the data centre industry

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-09-03 14:57

Australia’s leading Data Centre-as-a-Service provider is pleased to announce that it has earned top global acclaim from respected Global Analyst and Growth Partnership Company, Frost & Sullivan.

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Duck! Wind and solar now account for 17% of demand in Australia’s main grid

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-09-03 14:53

Everyone knew that a large increase in wind and solar was going to force down electricity prices. Few thought it would happen in late winter 2019.

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Juwi to complete expansion of Australia’s first grid-scale solar farm, replaces RCR

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-09-03 13:59

Juwi chosen to complete 30MW expansion of Australia's first grid-scale solar farm, replacing failed RCR Tomlinson after nine month hiatus.

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Redflow targets “enormous” potential for flow batteries, after tough FY19

RenewEconomy - Tue, 2019-09-03 13:33

Australian zinc bromine flow battery maker signals continued focus on telco and other industrial and remote energy storage markets, after “pivotal" year of strategic growth.

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'It's scary': wildlife selfies harming animals, experts warn

The Guardian - Tue, 2019-09-03 09:52

Concern in New Zealand that trend of taking photographs with penguins and other creatures is having impact on feeding, breeding and birth rates

At the International Penguin Conference in New Zealand, the experts were worried. Among sobering discussions about the perils of the climate crisis and habitat loss, the unlikely issue of wildlife selfies photobombed the agenda, with increasing concern that the celebrity-fuelled search for that perfect shot is affecting animal behaviour.

Professor Philip Seddon, the director of Otago University’s wildlife management programme, said: ‘We’re losing respect for wildlife, we don’t understand the wild at all.”

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'Women starting their careers find it very, very daunting'

BBC - Tue, 2019-09-03 09:14
Only a third of scientists are women but Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn wants young women to persist.
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