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CSIRO to help provide 'live' video of Mars mission

EurekAlert! - Mathematics and Statistics  Tue, 10/14/2008 - 23:00

(CSIRO Australia) When the Americans eventually send a manned mission to Mars, the whole world will be able to watch "live" television coverage of the event courtesy of CSIRO know-how.


 

Emissions rising faster this decade than last

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Tue, 09/30/2008 - 23:00

(CSIRO Australia) The latest figures on the global carbon budget to be released in Washington and Paris indicate a four-fold increase in growth rate of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions since 2000.


 

Carbon capture milestone for CSIRO in China

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 23:00

(CSIRO Australia) Just weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners have officially launched a post-combustion capture pilot plant in Beijing that strips carbon dioxide from power station flue gases in an effort to stem climate change.


 

'Fuel for thought' on transport sector challenges

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Thu, 07/10/2008 - 23:00

(CSIRO Australia) A report on how Australia can best respond to the environmental and economic challenges arising from its dependence on fossil fuels for transport is being released in Melbourne today.


 

Active submarine volcanoes found near Fiji

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Wed, 06/18/2008 - 23:00

(CSIRO Australia) Several huge active submarine volcanoes, spreading ridges and rift zones have been discovered northeast of Fiji by a team of Australian and American scientists aboard the Marine National Facility Research Vessel, Southern Surveyor.