Posts – Page 24 – ECOS

close up of whale shark from the front

Take a deep dive into our discoveries at Ningaloo Reef

Turtle nail clippings, diving whale sharks and 12 million mushroom corals are key research discoveries from Ningaloo Reef.

People standing on a badly eroded coast line. The image shows the effects of a king tide on Queensland’s Gold Coast beachfront.

Helping communities weather the winds of change

COVID-19 has highlighted the need for communities globally to prepare for, and adapt to, natural shocks, including climate change.

First Indigenous-led guidelines on knowledge sharing welcomed

More than 100 Indigenous contributors have created Australia’s first guidelines on how to best strengthen and share Indigenous knowledge in land and sea management. 

A woman and a child in a garden

An unexpected crisis that could change our cities

COVID-19 is a health and economic crisis that’s taken the world by surprise. Yet this wicked problem may also be an opportunity for Australia to invest in new types of urban infrastructure to make cities smarter, greener, safer, and healthier.

Cars after coronavirus: steering away from emissions

How can the transport sector and consumers embrace the positive impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown, and steer towards low-emissions technologies?

A woman carrying watre on her back from the Bagmati River in Nepal

Pandemic prompts need for more water security in South Asia

Access to clean water has never been so important in South Asia. But for millions of residents it continues to be a daily struggle.

White coral with crown-of-thorns starfish on it

The race to stop crown-of-thorns starfish destroying the Great Barrier Reef

New research is helping to prevent outbreaks of crown-of-thorn starfish, a major threat to the Great Barrier Reef.

Agriculture creates emissions throughout the production process.

FarmPrint: a monitoring and benchmarking tool to help farmers reduce their emissions

Work is underway to help Australian farmers better understand their emissions via a new monitoring and benchmarking tool to help them make their farms more sustainable.

Soils ain’t soils – carbon farming offers fertile future

Increasing the amount of carbon stored in agricultural soils can help mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions and sustain agricultural productivity. Carbon farming is a key plank of Australia’s climate mitigation efforts, and CSIRO scientists are looking for new and innovative approaches to help realise the benefits for all.