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Railcare will Reduce its Fossil Emissions by 40% by 2025

As part of the Group's ongoing sustainability work, Railcare has set a clear goal of reducing the consumption of fossil emissions from its own locomotives and machinery by 40% by 2025.

14 Dec 2021

Climate Models Could Grossly Underestimate Future Extinctions of Species

Ecologists estimate that 15 to 37% of plant and animal species will go extinct as a direct result of the rapidly changing climate.

10 Dec 2021

New Study Finds Healthy, Diverse Soundscape on Restored Coral Reefs

In Indonesia, thousands of square meters of coral are being grown on formerly damaged reefs, but earlier, it was uncertain if these new corals would recover the complete reef ecosystem.

9 Dec 2021

Food and Housing Crisis for Melbourne's Native Bees

RMIT researchers call on Melburnians to plant the right plants and create the right homes for native pollinators.

9 Dec 2021

Rare Pig-nosed Turtles Once Called Melbourne Home

Pig-nosed turtles are found in tropical freshwater ecosystems in northern Australia and New Guinea, only arriving here a few thousand years ago.

8 Dec 2021

Plants Face Challenges in Adapting to Climate Change in Human-Dominated Landscapes

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz are contributing new insights into the challenges plants face in adapting to climate change. Prior research has long anticipated that plants might be able to respond to increasing temperatures by changing their phenology-;or the timing of seasonal life processes-;at a rate that matches the rate of climate change.

8 Dec 2021

Retreating Glaciers Could Produce Many Kilometers of New Pacific Salmon Habitat by 2100

Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western North America could produce around 6,150 kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat by the year 2100, according to a new study.

8 Dec 2021

Mindful Chef Becomes the First Recipe Box Company to Introduce Carbon Labelling

Mindful Chef is pleased to announce that it has become the first recipe box company to carbon label its recipes, as a new Low Carbon range launched on the menu on 3rd December.

8 Dec 2021

Existing Models Could be Underestimating the Extent of Methane Emissions in Wetland Areas

Most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems – with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded, say researchers at the University of Birmingham.

6 Dec 2021

Fiscal Transfer Mechanism Increases the Nature Reserves in Atlantic Rainforest Areas, but with Partial Results

A study by the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil investigated a fiscal transfer mechanism whereby states transfer part of their sales tax revenue to municipalities in exchange for the creation of environmental conservation units. The mechanism is known as ICMS-E. ICMS is state-collected sales tax, and the "E" stands for ecological.

6 Dec 2021