A study run by UK company, Uswitch, investigated a range of sustainability factors to determine the most sustainable city in the world. I’m not sure what makes Uswitch the company to do this (and therefore how credible the results are), but they used a number of factors in their consideration, including: energy transport infrastructure affordability…
Environment
MOTH!!
When people think of Australia and the wildlife to be feared, they think of snakes and spiders, sharks and crocodiles… they probably don’t think of moths the size of your hand. A construction worker at a school in Queensland found this female wood moth… We have the largest species of wood moths in the world…
Flood and Mice
In September 2019 Australia started to burn. Nearly 5 months later the fires were down to a smoulder and covid reared its head. A year to the day that Australia went into covid lockdown, we’re flooding. To top it off, much of the farming community are experiencing a mouse plague. It’s been 18 months of…
Operation Kangaroo
Upfront I need to say I’m an environmental scientist. I need to say that because from what I’ve heard, the things I’m about to say will upset some people, so I want to be clear I am coming from a professional perspective. Operation Kangaroo is an educational campaign being run by the Australian Government in…
Two-way waterfall
Described by David Attenborough as “one of the greatest natural wonders of the world” this unusual natural phenomenon in Western Australia is a waterfall that falls in two directions. The aptly named Horizontal Waterfall is formed… when water pours horizontally through two narrow gorges, about 300 metres (980 ft) apart […] The falls occur after water…