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CSIRO is Shaping Energy’s Future with New Innovations

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CSIRO is Shaping Energy’s Future with New Innovations

Australia's national science organisation, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), is researching and creating new innovations that are unlocking new possibilities for solar energy. Led by Noel Duffy, head of Solar technology, they are using concentrated solar thermal technologies and tandem solar cells, to convert sunlight into electricity, and solar cells that work at night. All in all, CSIRO is dedefining how Australia generates and uses power (CSIRO).

Chemicals Are Threatening Our Wildlife

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Chemicals Are Threatening Our Wildlife

Imagine a world without animals—no butterflies fluttering through the air, no cicadas singing in the summer, no birds soaring overhead. While this is far from our reality today, we are at risk of losing some of our beloved species, such as freshwater sea turtles. A recent joint study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) has revealed alarming signs of population decline and the toxic impact of PFAS chemicals on Queensland’s freshwater turtles, potentially pushing their populations toward collapse.