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Gunns announces massive $900m loss ABCUpdated August 31, 2012, 9:19 pm tweet1 Email Print Tasmanian forest products company Gunns has reported a net loss of $904 million for the past financial year. This compares to an almost $356 million loss for the previous 12 months. The company blamed the costs associated with a major restructure Continue Reading →
Carbon release from collapsing coastal permafrost in Arctic Siberia Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:53 AM PDT A new study shows that an ancient and large carbon pool held in a less-studied form of permafrost (“Yedoma”) is thaw-released along the approximately 7000-kilometer desolate coast of northernmost Siberian Arctic.
Heavy rain causes chaos as summer confirmed as wettest in 100 years Train derailed and people forced from homes by latest instances of bad weather in extraordinarily damp year Share63 Email Helen Nugent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 August 2012 17.54 BST Jump to comments (96) A commuter train on its way to Sellafield nuclear plant was Continue Reading →
US report on reasons for no longer supporting Israel Published August 29, 2012 | By John James • Israel, given its current brutal occupation and belligerence cannot be salvaged any more than apartheid south Africa could be when as late as 1987 Israel was the only “Western” nation that upheld diplomatic ties with South Africa Continue Reading →
‘Weird chemistry’ by microbe is prime source of ocean methane Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT Up to four percent of the methane on Earth comes from the ocean’s oxygen-rich waters, but scientists have been unable to identify the source of this potent greenhouse gas. Now researchers report that they have found the culprit: A Continue Reading →
People across Australia are being urged to get behind World Rivers Day which will happen on Sunday September 25 as millions of people across the globe celebrate how critical rivers are to communities.World Rivers Day was established in 2005. The Australian based not-for-profit organisation the International RiverFoundation is coordinating World Rivers Day throughout Australia. Millions of people will celebrate in countries such as the UK, Canada and the USA. Over 60 countries took part in World Rivers Day last year.Many celebrities are supporting World Rivers Day including marathon swimming star Tammy van Wisse (who swam the entire length of the mighty Murray), Olympic gold medallist Duncan Armstrong, and comedy stars Wil Anderson and Mark Mitchell. Other supporters include Icehouse star Iva Davies, musician Ami Williamson, actor Robyn Nevin andBeaconsfield mining hero Brant Webb.