Pollution
Torres Strait Islanders at COP 27
The latest world leaders meeting in Egypt – COP 27 – won’t include Australian PM Anthony Albanese, but Yessie Mosby......
Australia’s worst beaches for microplastics mapped
Microplastics; they are the tiny fragments of plastic pollution permeating our beaches, rivers and oceans and they’re everywhere. New research......
Airborne microplastics polluting and contaminating the globe
In a recent study from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany, abundant levels of microplastic particles......
World Environment Day 2019: Striving for a breath of fresh air
Only 8% of the world can truly step outside for a breath of fresh air, for the other 92%, it......
Recent study finds 238 tonnes of plastic in the Cocos Islands
A recent study found that a collection of islands off the coast of Western Australia called the Cocos (Keeling) Islands......
Gulf of Carpentaria’s pollution rates on the rise
The Gulf of Carpentaria has become home to some of the highest densities of rubbish in the world. Dhimurru rangers......
‘Smoking’ up the Earth’s atmosphere
Data from the World Health Organisation’s Global Ambient Air Quality Database has detected that the Earth’s atmosphere is deteriorating. More......
Single use plastic use still an issue, despite steps in the right direction
Plastic bags have long been an environmental nuisance, with excessive consumption creating havoc to the ecosystem. Western Australia and Queensland......
Is a plastic-eating enzyme the pollution solution
British scientists from the University of Portsmouth lead by Professor John McGeehan have stumbled across a “super” enzyme whilst researching......
3000 deaths – mainly from vehicle emissions
This figure is higher than the Australian road toll, and is replicated thoughout all OECD countries. And the major culprit......