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Has veteran climate scientist James Hansen foretold the ‘loss of all coastal cities’ with latest study?

The Guardian - Thu, 2016-03-24 17:44

Former NASA climate director James Hansen and a team of scientists claim a mechanism in the climate could rapidly raise sea levels by metres

James Hansen’s name looms large over any history that will likely be written about climate change.

Whether you look at the hard science, the perils of political interference or modern day activism, Dr Hansen is there as a central character.

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Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria Developmental Fin Fish Trawl Fishery - application 2016

Department of the Environment - Thu, 2016-03-24 17:19
Application on ecological sustainability - call for public comments open from 31 March 2016 until 29 April 2016.
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Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community

Department of the Environment - Thu, 2016-03-24 13:22
The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the proposal to list this as an endangered ecological community. The public consultation period will be open until COB Thursday 12 May 2016; however earlier responses would be...
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Cricket: Batting 'wrong way' is way to go

ABC Science - Thu, 2016-03-24 10:56
SPORT SCIENCE: Cricketers who hold the bat the 'wrong way round' are seven times more likely to become professional batsmen, according to a new study.

Illawarra and south coast lowland grassy woodland ecological community

Department of the Environment - Thu, 2016-03-24 08:38
The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the proposal to list the Illawarra and south coast lowland grassy woodland ecological community as a critically endangered ecological community. Consultation period closes...
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Volcanoes may have caused the Moon's poles to wander

ABC Science - Thu, 2016-03-24 08:04
SHIFTING AXIS: Ice deposits that formed in craters on opposite sides of the Moon three billion years ago indicate it may have once spun on a different axis.

Rockefeller family charity to withdraw all investments in fossil fuel companies

The Guardian - Thu, 2016-03-24 07:39

Started by John D Rockefeller – who made his fortune from oil – the fund singled out ExxonMobil, calling the world’s largest oil company ‘morally reprehensible’

A charitable fund of the Rockefeller family – who are sitting on a multibillion-dollar oil fortune – has said it will withdraw all its investments from fossil fuel companies.

The Rockefeller Family Fund, a charity set up in 1967 by descendants of John D Rockefeller, said on Wednesday that it would divest from all fossil fuel holdings “as quickly as possible”.

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Dyson developing an electric car, according to government documents

The Guardian - Thu, 2016-03-24 03:59

The company last year refused to confirm they were working on a green vehicle, but a government plan on infrastructure suggests they are

Dyson is developing an electric car at its headquarters in Wiltshire with help from public money, according to government documents.

The company, which makes a range of products that utilise the sort of highly efficient motors needed for an electric car such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and bladeless fans, last year refused to rule out rumours it was building one.

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Michael Sheen and Massive Attack members support Welsh anti-fracking film

The Guardian - Thu, 2016-03-24 00:42

Welsh actor narrates A River documentary highlighting risk of river pollution from shale gas drilling in Pontrhydyfen village, Richard Burton’s birthplace

The actor Michael Sheen has given his support to an anti-fracking film opposing shale gas drilling in the Welsh village of Pontrhydyfen, Richard Burton’s birth place.

Sheen narrates the documentary A River, which is soundtracked by original music from Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson of Massive Attack, and warns of a pollution risk to the river Afan from potential fracking in the area.

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The small fish with a big personality: Study reveals unique blenny behaviour – in pictures

The Guardian - Wed, 2016-03-23 20:23

The discovery of unique face markings on individual blennies enabled underwater photographer Paul Naylor to gain new insights into the secret world of these charismatic UK fish

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Female hybrid fish grows male sex organs and gives birth

ABC Science - Wed, 2016-03-23 13:10
MUM AND DAD: A female tropical fish bred in a UK university has developed a male sex organ, fertilised her own eggs and given birth in a rare case of self breeding in vertebrates.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund

Department of the Environment - Wed, 2016-03-23 12:10
The Australian Government is establishing a $1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund to support emerging technologies make the leap from demonstration to commercial deployment. This will drive innovation and create the jobs of the future, while...
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Accuracy of criminal identification may be reduced if all witnesses agree

ABC Science - Wed, 2016-03-23 11:03
PARADOX OF UNANIMITY: As the number of witnesses who identify the same suspect gets larger, the probability of correctly identifying a criminal decreases, suggests a new Australian study.

National eNews - positive & negative of sustainability, NFCRC, Awards/conferences/consultations open

Newsletters National - Tue, 2016-03-22 18:00
National eNews - positive & negative of sustainability, NFCRC, Awards/conferences/consultations open
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Carbon emissions rate 'highest in 66 million years'

ABC Science - Tue, 2016-03-22 13:13
RAPID RELEASE: The rate of carbon emissions is higher than at any time in fossil records stretching back 66 million years to the end of the age of the dinosaurs, according to a new study

Anti-gravity dream may take off

ABC Science - Tue, 2016-03-22 12:40
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: The genius of Albert Einstein lead us to gravitational waves - maybe someday another genius will work out how to make them, says Dr Karl.

Astronomers see supernova shockwave for first time

ABC Science - Tue, 2016-03-22 08:27
EXPLODING STAR: The shockwave generated by the explosion of an ageing giant star has been observed by an international team of astronomers.

Eat less meat to avoid dangerous global warming, scientists say

The Guardian - Tue, 2016-03-22 05:00

Research led by Oxford Martin School finds widespread adoption of vegetarian diet would cut food-related emissions by 63% and make people healthier too

Growing food for the world’s burgeoning population is likely to send greenhouse gas emissions over the threshold of safety, unless more is done to cut meat consumption, a new report has found.

A widespread switch to vegetarianism would cut emissions by nearly two-thirds, it said.

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Proposal to grant Multiple Use Consignment Authorities for the import of perishable goods under exceptional circumstances

Department of the Environment - Mon, 2016-03-21 09:35
Invitation to comment on Proposal to grant Multiple Use Consignment Authorities (multiple-use permits) for the import of perishable goods under the exceptional circumstances provision of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act...
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By rejecting $1bn for a pipeline, a First Nation has put Trudeau's climate plan on trial

The Guardian - Mon, 2016-03-21 04:20

Canada’s Lax Kw’alaams show us how we can be saved: by loving the natural world and local living economies more than mere money and profit

Everything has a price. Everyone can be bought. We assume this principle is endemic to modern life — and that accepting it is most obvious to the impoverished. Except all over the world, people are defying it for a greater cause. That courage may be even more contagious.

It has been in full supply in north-west Canada, where an oil giant is aiming to construct one of the country’s biggest fossil fuel developments: a pipeline to ship liquified natural gas (LNG) out of British Colombia. To export it overseas via tankers, Malaysian-owned Petronas must first win approval for a multi-billion dollar terminal on the coast.

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