Environment
Biofuels are back on the agenda. But is Australia ready to make the shift?
Recent geopolitical shocks have sparked renewed interest in biofuel as a pathway to energy security. But policy and engineering roadblocks...
The tech powering Australia’s carbon capture experiment
Inside Australia’s first large-scale onshore hub for the capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide.
Why carbon capture is an integration challenge, not a frontier science
With a 470 Gt storage capacity, Australia is geologically positioned to be a global leader in carbon capture. How does...
Engineering a solution to Sydney’s fatberg crisis
When debris balls dubbed “fatbergs” washed up on Sydney beaches, the complex challenges of subsea engineering rose to the fore.
Australia’s massive water footprint is a problem for engineers
In an era of population growth, extreme weather events and innovative but thirsty industries, how can Australia hope to stay...
As water’s value rises, the Murray–Darling is being re-engineered
When the perceived value of water changes, so does everything else, from the structure of farms to the survival of...
Installing Western Australia’s next major water source
Perth’s population is growing, but drinkable water is becoming harder to find. To keep the city quenched, this utility’s engineers...
Purging plastic from the ocean, kilograms at a time
Engineers play an undeniable role in developing and scaling technologies to extract plastic from the world’s oceans.
How engineers confront the extremes of a changing climate
The world is facing more extreme and more frequent natural disasters, and engineers are among those on the front lines.
Infographic: Engineering a full-scale groundwater replenishment scheme
Perth engineers have reached a new milestone with their non-climate dependent water solution that bolsters the state’s supply.
