Day: December 8, 2021

The Australian Government has joined with Pacific Island countries to ensure ongoing sustainability of the world’s largest tuna fishery.  Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam welcomed the outcomes of the 18th annual meeting of Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), which was held virtually from 1 to 7 December.  “I am very pleased that the WCPFC has agreed to maintain strong management arrangements for key tuna stocks, including yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack,” Assistant Minister Duniam said.  “This measure will protect tropical tuna stocks relied on by the Australian and Pacific fishing industries for a further two years.

A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher is leading a collaborative advanced computer modelling project that could make carbon capture and storage more viable and revolutionise drug delivery.
USC Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Dr Charith Rathnayaka and project partners from QUT, Griffith University and The University of Manchester have been assessing ways to improve the design, manufacture and operation of ‘liquid marbles’.
These are microscopic liquid droplets that are coated with nanoparticles to form a porous shell preventing moisture reaching surrounding surfaces.

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il and gas will remain the dominant fuel source for decades to come, the industry’s top executives declared on Wednesday, making their case not to be under valued as governments seek to reduce fossil fuels to address climate worries.
Executives offered a full-throated defense of the industry, describing government opposition to new projects as harming society and using this week’s World Petroleum Congress in Houston to rebut the industry’s harsh portrayal at the UN COP26 climate conference. Any effort to bar new development “is misguided” https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/opec-official-tells-oil-gathering-energy-transition-can-not-exclude-fossil-fuels-2021-12-08 and likely to hurt poorer nations, said OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo. Oil and gas also “can be part of the solution to tackling climate change.”