Great Barrier Reef: Unesco pushes for tree-clearing controls
Unesco has acknowledged the importance of stymied tree-clearing controls in Queensland to efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef, according to the state’s deputy premier, Jackie Trad. Trad has emerged from a meeting in Paris with a Unesco official, Fanny Douvere, to declare the state Labor government would restore clearing controls, one of its “key commitments” to the reef, if it won another term of office. She indicated the defeat of Labor’s clearing controls owing to crossbench opposition ..>> view originalMeteor described as 'mini sun' streaks over central Queensland
Meteor described as 'mini sun' streaks over central Queensland Updated September 27, 2016 15:27:54 A bright light and loud explosion in the sky over central and southern Queensland last night was probably a fiery meteor, experts believe.A number of Queenslanders have contacted ABC Local Radio to say they witnessed what appeared to be a fireball streak across the sky about 8.30pm on Monday night.Emerald resident Jim said he was on the phone at the time and was shocked by..>> view originalQueensland 'asteroid' sparks concerns over near earth asteroid monitoring
Astronomers have raised concerns about the ability to watch for near-Earth asteroids bigger than the one thought to have lit up the central Queensland sky on Monday night.Several experts said an asteroid was likely responsible for the multiple reports of a large bang, a flash in the sky and tremors near Gladstone about 8.30pm on Monday. Astronomer Owen Bennedick argued there needed to be funding for observatories to monitor asteroids. Photo: supplied Astronomer Owen Bennedick from Wappa ..>> view originalEarth's atmosphere is mysteriously losing oxygen
It sounds worse than it is: Earth's atmosphere is steadily losing oxygen. But before you panic and gasp for breath, understand that oxygen levels have only dropped by 0.7 percent over the past 800,000 years. So you don't have to worry about widespread asphyxiation just yet. Still, it's an alarming find that scientists aren't quite sure how to explain. In the study, researchers were able to measure atmospheric oxygen levels over time by analyzing tiny air bubbles trapped in ice core samples take..>> view originalNew high resolution images reveal Mercury is tectonically active
NEW IMAGES FROM NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft have revealed previously undetected fault scarps – cliff-like landforms – on Mercury that are small enough to suggest the planet is geologically young. Published in Nature Geoscience, the new NASA findings suggests that Mercury is still contracting, and that Earth is not the only tectonically active planet in our Solar System, as previously thought. “The young age of the small scarps means that Mercury joins Earth as a tectonically active planet, with..>> view originalElon Musk has ambitious plans for Mars. Are they as crazy as they sound?
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has set himself an ambitious timeline for the colonization of Mars. The South Africa-born magnate estimates that his private space company, SpaceX, will launch its first manned mission in 2024 – one decade sooner than Nasa’s ambitions. Musk will grace the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Tuesday, unveiling his plans to send humans to Mars in a keynote talk titled Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species. He will outline what SpaceX deems ..>> view originalClimate change study accused of erring on rising temperature predictions
Climate change study accused of erring on rising temperature predictions Posted September 27, 2016 17:45:25 Prominent climate scientists have issued a warning that a paper published in the influential journal Nature sensationalised climate change predictions and used an "incorrect calculation". Key points:Study found Earth's temperature could rise by between 3 and 7 degrees Celsius over next thousand yearsBut prominent climate scientists argue there is a logical erro..>> view originalAustralian scientists just froze light like Kylo Ren from Star Wars
A cloud of atoms used to make the stationary light. Photo: Supplied Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment.Lead researcher Jesse Everett said controlling the movement of light was critical to developing future quantum computers, which could solve problems too complex for today's most advanced computers. Kylo Ren uses the force to stop a blaster beam before it can hit him in..>> view originalAustralia colonised over 50000 years ago: scientists
Queensland scientists believe Australia may have been colonised more than 50,000 years ago.The research, by James Cook University scientists, mapped the positions and permanency of water bodies to determine human movement. Debate continues over when Australia was colonised. Photo: Michele Mossop "The findings suggest that a series of well-watered routes across Australia, particularly in the Channel Country in western Queensland, could have made possible the rapid human occupation of the ..>> view original
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