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Cold weather and power prices prompt record interest in batteries and solar
Frigid weather and the upheaval in the energy market has whetted consumer appetite for renewable technologies like home batteries and rooftop solar.
- by Miki Perkins
How a household favourite sank from clean and green to public enemy No. 1
As the world struggles to access enough natural gas to keep prices down, scientists are turning on the energy source once embraced as safe and clean.
- by Nick O'Malley
Triple trepidation as weather forecasters warn of La Nina’s return
Scientists fear the La Nina event that has just receded could reappear in spring, with potentially devastating impacts for Australia and the world.
- by Nick O'Malley
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NSW floods
How Lismore’s worst ever flood unfolded
Lismore City Council’s application for grant to improve its flood warning system was rejected just days before the worst flooding in recorded history.
Cameras attached to tiger sharks
Researchers at the Ningaloo Reef off the West Australian coast have attached fin cameras to tiger sharks to find out more about the dynamics between them and their prey, sea turtles, in the World Heritage Listed ecosystem.
‘Shark cams’ reveal Ningaloo sea turtles freeze to escape predators’ gaze
Scientists attached cameras to the dorsal fins of sharks at Ningaloo Reef in WA and altered the resulting vision to see through the “eye of the tiger”.
- by Peter de Kruijff