THE initial mix of materials should be about 30 to 1 carbon to nitrogen, so manures and fresh, green materials will need a fair bit of other material that is low in nitrogen. Mixing in wood waste is a common practice. This can mean a 200 to 1 ratio for something like sawdust all the …. more
THE national science agency is calling on all Australians to be part of its energy research by providing valuable information that will improve understanding of the way households consume, generate and interact with energy. By using the new CSIRO Energise app, ‘citizen scientists’ will help to paint a clearer picture of contemporary energy use to …. more
Richard Kinnon (right) with his two sons IT’S three years since Longreach saw decent rain-bearing clouds but for one drought-affected family, there are positive signs. The Kinnon family, which runs a tourism business in Longreach, has been encouraged by the number of city Australians who are coming out to support them during what has been …. more
The Gunbower National Park is located in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria. GUNBOWER Forest is the Kakadu of the south, created by millions of years of large floods that historically spread up to 50 kilometres either side of the Murray River. It is an internationally important system of floodplains, creek and wetlands, spanning 20,000 …. more
The male Aedes aegypti mosquito. IN an international partnership between CSIRO, Verily and James Cook University, scientists used specialised technology to release millions of sterilised male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes across the Cassowary Coast in Queensland in a bid to combat the global pest. CSIRO Director of Health and Biosecurity Dr Rob Grenfell said the results were a major win …. more
“IN this age of hi-tech living sometimes we may forget that on a fundamental level there are two core factors essential to our continued survival on planet earth that supersede technology – water and food, without them we perish,” says Mr Eric Love, chairman of The Centre for Organic Research & Education (CORE). “The world is …. more
