The University of Newcastle Australia
The University of Newcastle Australia is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Scientists unearth stingrays’ heavy lifting role in estuaries
A new study has uncovered the significant role stingrays play in shaping estuaries, revealing threatened stingrays in Brisbane Water may move more than 21,000 tonnes of sand per year. University of Newcastle PhD student Molly Grew, who led the study, said stingrays in NSW’s Brisbane Water estuary displaced a similar mass of sand each year to […]
Antarctic ice cores reveal Australian drought risk worse than thought
Antarctic ice core records have shown that eastern Australia’s drought risk is greater than thought.
Humans ingest 5 grams of plastic a week due to polluted water
A new study finds on average people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card. The analysis No Plastic in Nature: Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People prepared by Dalberg, based on a study commissioned by WWF and carried out by University of Newcastle, Australia, […]