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Articles by Nick Kachel
In a Rebuke to Surfing's Corporate Titans, Consumers Pivot to Kmart for Boardshorts Amid Rising Costs
"My current surf trunks are knee-length, 90s-style shin-swingers. They’re undeniably in right now, but I didn't get mine from Rusty or Quiksilver." You hit a certain age in life, a stage of disenlightenment, where you finally learn the brutal truth: some people, no matter how hard you try, are just never going to like you. They could be family members you’ve fallen out with. Friends you’ve grown apart from. Strangers you’ve crossed paths with in the mud-slick trenches of business.
Taking stock of Australia's carbon sequestration potential - ECOS
As we reach the end of a year where headlines have focused on fires, floods, and rising temperatures, it has never been clearer that Australia needs to accelerate progress towards net zero emissions. There is now broad international consensus that to transition to net-zero emissions – and to limit global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius – requires both the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Hydrogen: Steps towards Australia’s powerhouse plan
Hydrogen is a gas that is colourless, odourless, non-toxic and highly combustible but, most importantly, it stores energy that can be recovered without giving off carbon dioxide gas and contributing to global warming. As such, it is expected to be a key energy commodity as the world transitions from fossil to renewable energy.
Report confirms renewables still cheapest new-build power in Australia
by Nick Kachel, CSIRO Credit: CSIRO Solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind continue to be the cheapest sources of new electricity generation capacity in Australia, even when the integration costs of renewables are included, according to the final 2020-21 GenCost Report, released today.
Locating the hotspot for groundwater arsenic pollution
A new computer model to predict arsenic pollution will help to support water management decisions and develop new arsenic remediation strategies. Did you know arsenic is one of the most common inorganic contaminants found in drinking water worldwide? Arsenic is tasteless and odourless, but highly toxic to humans.
Genomic breakthrough in invasive species management
A collaboration with our Managing Invasive Species and Diseases program (Health and Biosecurity) and Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform (SynBio FSP) has produced the first full genome sequence of the ship rat. Rattus rattus. Credit PF2050Ltd & James Russell. The ship rat, or black rat, is one of the most infamous invasive species in the world. They’re intelligent, adaptable, and they multiply like… well… ship rats.
Extinguishing bushfire myths and misconceptions
By Nick Kachel 16 December 2019 4 minute read Bushfire has been part of the Australian landscape for millions of years. Much of our vegetation has evolved with fire, and like the vegetation in other harsh and dry environments, it has developed characteristics that promote the spread of fire. Understanding how bushfires work is important when it comes to protecting life and property. Did you know reducing trees in forested areas can actually increase the speed at which fires can travel?
Water pressure - ECOS
With many surface water storages, such as reservoirs, empty or critically low, groundwater (underground aquifers fed by rainfall and found in cracks or pores in rock) supplies are critical for many Australian communities and industries. Across Australia, countless regions are facing water stress. Successive droughts in already dry areas mean some communities could completely run out of drinkable water.
Remembering the Starman: Life (and death) on Mars using synthetic biology
By Nick Kachel 22 July 2019 4 minute read Synthetic biology could create living memorials on Mars. Credit: Yonatan Sindel When David Bowie died in 2016 the world wept. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all time. And his song ‘Life on Mars’ was arguably his best work. His presence is missed by millions of people to this day. Imagine then, how fitting would it be if Bowie could be commemorated with a living memorial on the very planet he sang about? A true star man.
From the BeachGrit house of altruism: 10 Helpful Tips for the Adult Learner!
If the Adult Learner Apocalypse really is here, maybe it's time to embrace the moral practice of concern for the happiness of other human beings and animals… It’s one of those calm overcast afternoons where hues of orange and purple bruise the sky. The threat of an oncoming storm. Weak two-footers dribble towards shore, echoes of a recent windswell. I mind my own on a wider peak away from the pack, doing my damned thing, when I see an adult learner on a SUP almost kill a man.
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