ENVIRONMENT
Environment topics: Oceans
Excuse me! The problem with methane gas
Science for sustainable reefs
A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Acid test for the seas
Sounding out the secrets of the sea
Getting into hot water – global warming and rising sea levels
Coral bleaching - will global warming kill the reefs?
Calculating the threat of tsunami
The Southern Ocean and global climate
Excuse me! The problem with methane gas
When you ask people about greenhouse gases, chances are they’ll focus on carbon dioxide. But there’s another, more potent gas contributing to global warming. Meet methane, the forgotten greenhouse gas.
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Science for sustainable reefs
Pollution, overfishing, coastal development and climate change are putting the world’s coral reefs under increasing pressure. With millions of people relying on them, how can science help make our reefs sustainable?
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The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies |
A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Monitoring reef systems or catchments for environmental change can be a big job; sometimes too big for humans to handle without a bit of technological assistance. Now that assistance is increasingly available in the form of smart sensors.
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ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing |
Acid test for the seas
The basic facts on ocean acidification.
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Sounding out the secrets of the sea
The increasing use of sound by humans to explore the seas has raised questions about its potential impact on marine life.
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The Australian Acoustical Society |
Getting into hot water – global warming and rising sea levels
The 20th century saw the greatest increase in temperature of any century during the last thousand years, and the last decade was the warmest since records began. As the temperature rises, so does the sea level – with profound consequences for us all.
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The Australian Greenhouse Office is the lead Commonwealth agency on greenhouse matters |
Coral bleaching – will global warming kill the reefs?
Coral reefs are sensitive to environmental change. Recently, the frequency and distribution of coral bleaching have increased, and in 2002 the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst case of coral bleaching on record.
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Australian Institute of Marine Science |
Calculating the threat of tsunami
On 26 December 2004, an earthquake measuring 9.3 on the Richter scale created a tsunami that led to the deaths of over 289,000 people living in coastal villages in Asia and Africa. Scientists have made important advances towards predicting tsunami by combining mathematics, geology and physics.
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
The Southern Ocean and global climate
Research shows that the Southern Ocean is crucial to the world's climate system.
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Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment | |
the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |