Housing in northern Australia
Housing Design across Australia needs to take account of the local climate and be based on sustainable features for that climate. Cairns Architect Roger Mainwood and Lisa Law from […]
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The Koala and the Eucalyptus
Listen to an interview with Murray Logan who spent many nights on Magnetic Island in north Queensland finding koalas to help with research on their habitat use and home ranges. […]
Farming and river runoff to the Great Barrier Reef
Fertiliser runoff from agriculture can adversely affect waterways as well as the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef. Soil scientist Dr Paul Nelson talks with Baromter’s Kate Osborne on how to optimise […]
Megafauna – northern Australia threats
Professor Helene Marsh from James Cook University has been studying marine megafauna like dugongs and turtles in northern Australia for decades. She says our ability to conserve mobile animals relies […]
Learning Curves for Smart Cities
Smart Cities are the way of the future, but like all new things, there are traps along the way to be avoided. Barometer’s Kate Osborne speaks with Professor Marcus Foth […]
Australian flake fisheries; a bright spot in a gloomy world?
Professor Colin Simpfendorfer from James Cook University
spoke with Kate Osborne about his research on bright spots for sharks globally.
Image: Colin Simpfendorfer
On the horizon – a USA road trip
A light hearted look at the good and bad of the USA and what might be in store for Australia published on Instagram during a road trip in February, 2017.
Archive – Articles online
To read the articles featured below and check out the latest environmental research, maps and data for the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland, Australia visit the eAtlas website
Archive – Australasian Science articles
Kate has published in Australasian Science on a diversity of topics including endocrine disruption, coal seam gas and fire management. (Australasian Science articles are subscription only – to access Australasian […]
Honey, lets plant some tea trees
Medicinal honey is in high demand across the world, and the species of tea-tree to produce it is also an excellent regeneration plant. Barometer’s Kate Osborne speaks with honey chemist […]
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