Environment
World Engineering Day: Protecting life on land
“We don’t want to be sitting here in 50 years wondering what has happened to Australia’s most iconic animals.”
World Engineering Day: Creating sustainable cities and communities
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. There are challenges ahead to keep...
World Engineering Day: Helping life below water thrive
Oceans cover three quarters of the Earth’s surface, contain 97 per cent of the Earth’s water, and represent 99 per...
World Engineering Day: Taking action on climate change
As greenhouse gas levels continue to climb, climate change is occurring at much higher rates than anticipated, and its effects...
Can hazard reduction burning and cultural burning protect against catastrophic bushfires?
We spoke with three experts to learn what role different types of burning can play in protecting Australia from bushfires....
Australian bushfires: A timeline of what’s happened so far
The 2019-2020 summer bushfire season started early and started strong. Here's a snapshot of some of the major events so...
Bushfire mitigation: “Tackling climate change must be number one” says engineer
"To prioritise other goals over this urgent environmental issue would be like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic."
3 ways engineers are taking steps to protect people from bushfires
Bushfire season has started early this year, and fires are already burning along the eastern seaboard. New ways of protecting...
How effective is carbon capture as an emissions reduction tool?
Most climate change modelling includes carbon capture technologies to reduce atmospheric emissions. But a recent study questions whether it is...
Rainfall guidelines reinvented for 21st-century runoff challenges
It’s astounding what can be achieved in 30 years of climate science. In 1987, the potential impact of global warming...
