The July/August edition of CSIRO Exploration & Mining’s earthmatters magazine looks at how advances in technologies and attitudes are creating a new generation of healthier miners working in safer environments.

Improving the energy efficiency of Australia’s existing commercial buildings is one of the fastest, most effective ways to reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, reports the April-May edition of ECOS magazine.

ECOS magazine takes a look at global-scale mechanisms – natural and man-made – being proposed to rapidly reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) below levels at which dangerous climate change is predicted.

Biochar, similar to charcoal used by pre-Columbian Amazonian cultures to boost crop yields, could help the fight against climate change by securely locking carbon away in soils for thousands of years, according to the December-January issue of ECOS magazine.

Ideal for extraverts, but introverts and tall poppies should approach with caution – this is one of the fascinating insights into ecovillage life revealed in ECOS magazine released this week.

The latest issue of ECOS provides expert analysis of the draft report of the independent Garnaut Review on emissions trading and the Federal Government’s Green Paper, which outlines the differing proposals for a ‘carbon pollution reduction’ scheme.

Could a radical Australian idea for floating self-powered desalination reservoirs be a timely solution for water supplies, changing the way we handle water on land?

CSIRO is committed to communicating the value of science to many audiences.  Magazines are one way in which this is done.

Scientriffic magazine for ages 7+ is one of two magazines produced by CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club. It is published every two months and is packed with science news, feature articles, hands-on experiments, comics, competitions and brain-bending puzzles.

Australia's most authoritative magazine on sustainability in the environment, industry and community. ECOS and is published bi-monthly by CSIRO PUBLISHING both in print and online.