CSIRO researchers map beach rubbish
To better understand the causes of water pollution and protect the environment, researchers at the CSIRO are logging barcodes found on marine waste, in order to track their origins.
Mon 30/01/2012 02:30:27 / Read More »Australia's first national soil mapping facility
With World Soil Day having occured on Monday, the Terrestrial Environment Research Network (TERN) has announced that it will fund a new soil mapping facility for Australia.
Tue 06/12/2011 01:30:08 / Read More »Murray Darling proposed Basin Plan released
The Murray Darling Basin Authority has released its proposed Basin Plan, which outlines the future for water and environmental assets in the area.
Tue 29/11/2011 11:48:18 / Read More »Bushfire Connect fires up for its second year
Bushfire Connect is a free, community driven service that combines fire information from multiple sources: official and crowdsourced, through multiple media such as the web, mobile devices and SMS.
Tue 25/10/2011 02:14:55 / Read More »BoM National Water Information Briefings: products in practice
The Bureau of Meteorology is hosting a series of free briefings and workshops related to its 'Hydrological Geospatial Fabric project' that will be of interest to anyone in water resources policy, planning and/or management.
Tue 25/10/2011 02:11:09 / Read More »Victorian opposition claims bushfire maps inadequate
The Victorian state opposition is claiming that the recently released bushfire maps omit some key areas, and thus may threaten community safety.
Tue 04/10/2011 01:47:24 / Read More »84 per cent of Victoria at risk from bushfires
A two-year spatial assessment of Victoria's fire risks, which began after the 2009 'Black Saturday' fires, has determined that more than 84 per cent of the state is at risk from fire.
Tue 13/09/2011 11:49:00 / Read More »Google Street View hits the Amazon
Google has extended the coverage of its Street View program to the Amazon River.
Tue 23/08/2011 11:23:17 / Read More »Crowdsourcing Australian biodiversity maps
Australian scientists are turning to crowdsourcing to help undertake the massive task of cataloguing Australia's flora and fauna.
Tue 09/08/2011 12:37:33 / Read More »CSIRO helping map the world's soils
The CSIRO has joined with other scientific bodies from around the globe to help create a worldwide digital soil map.
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