A world-first! We've used the solar fields at our Energy Centre to create what’s called ‘supercritical’ steam – an ultra-hot, ultra-pressurised steam that’s used to drive the world’s most advanced power plant turbines – at the highest levels of temperature and pressure EVER recorded with solar power.
By Wenju Cai, Principal Research Scientist, Wealth from Oceans Flagship Recently speculation has been rife that the end of 2014 […]
It's likely human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed global warming since the mid-20th century, due to increases in greenhouse gases.
The peaks and troughs of electricity demand can actually mean higher electricity prices. So here's how we can ease the load on the grid during these times.
An international team of scientists has confirmed links between an Indian Ocean phenomenon and extreme weather events in southeast Australia.
Imagine if we could better predict when Australia could be hit by that awful dry hot weather that makes us […]
By Claire Harris In the last couple of days, uncomfortably strong winds swept through South Australia, New South Wales and […]
By Claire Harris We often hear that Facebook is used to post inane personal updates and share funny cat photos, […]
The Gooniyandi people of the Fitzroy Valley in the tropical Kimberley region of Western Australia know that the appearance of red dragonflies is a much better indicator of the march of seasons than a glance at the old wall calendar.
By Peter McIntosh, Principal Research Scientist, Marine and Atmospheric Research. Tea-leaves, entrails, cockatoos: we all want to forecast the future. […]
By Adam Harper Deep in the woods of regional Victoria, you could be forgiven for thinking you’d walked onto the […]
Sightings of balls of lightning have been made for centuries around the world – usually the size of a grapefruit […]
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