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Renewable energy transition makes dollars and sense

15 Jul 2020

New UNSW research has disproved the claim that the transition to renewable electricity systems will harm the global economy.

UNSW receives $4.9m funding for new ARC Training Centre for The Global Hydrogen Economy

14 Jul 2020

The new research centre will aid development of new cost-effective hydrogen technologies – placing Australia firmly at the forefront of the hydrogen economy.

Explore NSW's new wetland national park

08 Jul 2020

At the end of June, the NSW government declared a massive new national park in north-western NSW - a welcome and timely development, according to UNSW ecologist Professor Richard Kingsford, who did the first comprehensive aerial surveys of the area’s waterbirds in the 1990s.

Extreme heat and rain: thousands of weather stations show there's now more of both, for longer

07 Jul 2020

As the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall are becoming more frequent, intense and longer, according to global weather data.

Marine life found in ancient Antarctica ice helps solve a carbon dioxide puzzle from the ice age

07 Jul 2020

As the world warmed from the last ice age, a rise in carbon dioxide levels stalled for nearly 2,000 years. That's always puzzled scientists, but now they think they know what happened.

New global study reveals ‘time-tree’ of Earth’s flowering plants

07 Jul 2020

New research shows, in a world first, a recreation of the evolution of flowering plants through time - a complete angiosperm 'time-tree'.

Heatwave trends accelerate worldwide

06 Jul 2020

In nearly every part of the world heatwaves have been increasing in frequency and duration, a new study led by UNSW climate scientists shows.

The world endured two extra heatwave days per decade since 1950 – but the worst is yet to come

06 Jul 2020

Heatwaves have become longer, hotter and more frequent. This trend is accelerating from climate change.

UNSW engineers named among the nation’s most innovative

03 Jul 2020

Dr Rona Chandrawati and Dr Farshid Pahlevani have been recognised in the list of Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers for 2020.

How coronavirus self-isolation fatigue may lead to more beach drownings this summer

03 Jul 2020

COVID-19 is changing the dynamics of people swimming at beaches around the world, potentially making it more unsafe.

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