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‘A growing machine’: Scotland looks to vertical farming to boost tree stocks

by bpckle | Oct 1, 2022 | Media

Hydroponics unit can produce saplings six times faster than it takes to grow them naturally outdoorsIt is a long way from the romance of a sun-dappled Highland glen. Picture instead a white cube equipped with the computer-controlled automation you would sooner expect...

Slave traders’ names are still stamped on native plants. It’s time to ‘decolonise’ Australia’s public gardens | Brett Summerell

by bpckle | Oct 1, 2022 | Media

For too long we’ve dismissed Indigenous knowledge of the natural world. At Sydney’s botanic garden, signage is starting to reflect Aboriginal namesLike all botanic gardens, the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is a classic artefact of the activities that took place during...

So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

by bpckle | Sep 30, 2022 | Media

ShutterstockAGL Energy – Australia’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases – announced this week it will shut the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley in 2035, a decade earlier than planned. This is significant for the Australian electricity industry....

Police investigate threat to ‘firebomb’ national parks office over Kosciuszko horse cull

by bpckle | Sep 30, 2022 | Media

National Parks and Wildlife Service says threat ‘should be condemned by all Australians’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastPolice are investigating a letter threatening to...

Shifting ocean currents are pushing more and more heat into the Southern Hemisphere’s cooler waters

by bpckle | Sep 30, 2022 | Media

ShutterstockThe oceans absorb more than 90% of all extra heat trapped by the emissions we’ve produced by burning fossil fuels. This heat is enormous. It’s as if we exploded an atom bomb underwater, every second of every day. The ocean isn’t warming at the same rate...

Let’s show a bit of love for the lillipilly. This humble plant forms the world’s largest genus of trees – and should be an Australian icon

by bpckle | Sep 30, 2022 | Media

Shutterstock You’re probably familiar with the sight of a lillipilly bush. This hardy Australian staple – a glossy evergreen bearing powder-puff flowers and clusters of bright berries – features in many a garden hedge. But you may not know this humble native has...

‘A growing machine’: Scotland looks to vertical farming to boost tree stocks

Slave traders’ names are still stamped on native plants. It’s time to ‘decolonise’ Australia’s public gardens | Brett Summerell

So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

Police investigate threat to ‘firebomb’ national parks office over Kosciuszko horse cull

Shifting ocean currents are pushing more and more heat into the Southern Hemisphere’s cooler waters

Let’s show a bit of love for the lillipilly. This humble plant forms the world’s largest genus of trees – and should be an Australian icon

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‘A growing machine’: Scotland looks to vertical farming to boost tree stocks

Slave traders’ names are still stamped on native plants. It’s time to ‘decolonise’ Australia’s public gardens | Brett Summerell

So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

Police investigate threat to ‘firebomb’ national parks office over Kosciuszko horse cull

Shifting ocean currents are pushing more and more heat into the Southern Hemisphere’s cooler waters

Let’s show a bit of love for the lillipilly. This humble plant forms the world’s largest genus of trees – and should be an Australian icon

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