Nature calling: Crammed cities go green for climate, health
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In a square in central Barcelona, families with young children perch at picnic tables as traffic thunders past and high-rise blocks loom above them.
In a square in central Barcelona, families with young children perch at picnic tables as traffic thunders past and high-rise blocks loom above them.
Flood maps are based on historical data and won't tell how sea-level rise could exacerbate flooding in the years ahead.
Bingo Industries now has 253 collection trucks on the road as demolition waste from infrastructure projects becomes a bigger part of its business.
CSIRO chief Larry Marshall says greater use of AI is helping it solve global problems, as it plans new Asian and US expansion.
A Perth-based company behind technology that could reduce the amount of tyres dumped in landfill is set to list on the ASX this week.
Property industry bodies dispute the effectiveness of planned building code changes over household emissions.
Plastic seems indispensible as well as indestructible. But there is a political tide moving against it.
The southern Indian city of Mysore has an ambitious goal of zero landfill.
The World Wildlife Fund track is using blockchain to track the journey of tuna with the hope of bringing QR codes to tuna tins.
The movement to ban plastic bags continues to gather strength, with Western Australian the latest state to prepare for the change.
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