by bpckle | Aug 9, 2026 | In the Media
Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils
Plastic contamination should be a central concern in efforts to deal with food waste, which campaigners call one of the most overlooked problems of the climate crisis, researchers have said.
This is despite the fact that, as the chef, author and activist Max La Manna puts it, food waste management is “one of the few climate problems where everyone wins”.
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by bpckle | Aug 9, 2026 | In the Media
With the population booming inside a predator-proof fence, conservationists have set the bilbies free. But can they survive on the outside?
by bpckle | Aug 9, 2026 | In the Media
An early magpie swooping season, underwhelming ski season and canola crops blooming a month in advance are some signs of an unusually warm winter across NSW.
by bpckle | Aug 9, 2026 | In the Media
There are more than a hundred confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain across Australia. Here’s how it spreads and what to know.
by bpckle | Aug 8, 2026 | In the Media
Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered following record heat and drought conditions
Record-low water levels in the Danube have exposed remnants of Europe’s Nazi past, with dozens of second world war ships emerging from the riverbed during an intense drought.
In the middle of the river on the Serbian and Romanian border, a broken-up hull was visible on a sandbank that is normally underwater. Other vessels were partly submerged, some still believed to be laden with weapons.
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