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New Study Shows Increasing Fire Frequency Threatens Ecosystem Stability

A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has shown a major increase in fire frequency in Victoria in the 20 years from 2001 to 2020 relative to the two decades prior (1980 to 2000). “This surge in fire frequency, particularly pronounced in areas like wetter forest ecosystems dominated by ash-type […]

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Australian Billionaires Invest $152m in Undersea Cable That Will Deliver Solar Power to Singapore

The project will harness and store solar energy from the Northern Territory in Australia and transmit it to Singapore. Australian billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest have invested $152 million (£116 million) into a 4,200-kilometre undersea cable link that will deliver solar electricity to Singapore. The Sun Cable project, which will be the world’s longest undersea high voltage direct current cable, […]

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