Aquatic ecosystems are often contaminated with PFAS due to the high solubility of these substances. PFAS can quickly move from the soil and into wetlands, creeks and rivers PFAS in […]
Bringing augmented reality to environmental education
Building Augmented Reality (AR) into education programs will impact how we teach our kids. Incorporating AR will change many aspects of studying. AR will make classes more engaging and fun. […]
Water quality impacts and recovery monitoring following bushfires
Water quality following bushfires can be severely impacted. Reduced water quality can alter the dynamics of stream ecosystems in many complex ways. Acute effects occur if there is heavy rain […]
Detoxing the river: toward a swimmable Yarra
The pollution of the Yarra River, Melbourne, is legendary, but new attitudes embracing ecological interconnectedness, Indigenous knowledge and adventurous design optimism are producing collective visions of a new, swimmable city […]
Pollution makes us miserable as well as sick
It seems pollution is not just bad for our health, but also for our mood, MIT researchers report 🙁
$200m to restore Australia’s urban rivers
Bill Shorten promised to spend $200m restoring urban rivers if elected, reports The Guardian this morning. Great to see our neglected urban environment getting some benefit from the great election […]
Turning seawater into drinking water – the dirty truth
As countries struggle to produce enough fresh water to meet demand, they’re increasingly looking to the ocean. Desalination plants can turn seawater into freshwater, but they also produce a lot […]
New documentary highlights Far North Queensland’s plastic pollution crisis
Approximately one ton of plastic debris can be found for every kilometre of coastline in Far North Queensland…
Murray-Darling fish deaths: the fruits of failing water policy
Over the last few months, the Murray-Darling Basin has been reeling from fish kills after water quality plummeted following an algae bloom. You know things are bad when environmental news […]
