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This Building Is Designed For Reuse and Cuts Emissions By 88%
Designing buildings so they can easily be taken apart and the materials reused provides a feasible and commercial pathway for minimising waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Our research shows one such Curtin University building, the Legacy Living Lab in Fremantle, reduces construction waste and cuts emissions to almost a tenth of what a conventional building…
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Wallabies Are On The Loose In Britain, We’ve Mapped 95 Sightings
When you think of kangaroos and wallabies, you probably don’t think of the temperate climate, unsettled weather and agricultural lands of England. Yet on such pastures, the red-necked wallaby has found a home. Red-necked wallabies have been present in Britain for more than a century, originally being imported for zoos and private collections where they…
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Frequent Bushfires Are Our New Reality, We Need to Learn How to Live With Smoke-Filled Air
As fires ravaged large sections of the Australian bush last summer, cities and towns all along the coast were blanketed in toxic smoke. Air pollutants were measured at unheard of levels across the country. Hazardous air descended on cities hundreds of kilometres away from the fires themselves. This air was the most dangerous to breathe…
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Bumblebees Still at Risk From Radiation in Chernobyl Nearly 35 Years On
In the early hours of April 26 1986, reactor four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, causing the largest nuclear disaster in history. More than 350,000 people were evacuated, and a 4,700km² exclusion zone was formed in Ukraine and Belarus. Despite the intervening 34 years, there is still uncertainty about the effects…