Giant energy company invests in renewable energy in Australia
Iberdrola, a large Spanish energy company, has announced that it will be investing $500 million in a wind and solar farm in Australia. The company has said that it plans to produce 10 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022 and may even go beyond this target. It has said that Australia is an ideal place for the development of renewable energy.
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Australian researchers move one step closer to coronavirus vaccine
Australian researchers have said that they have managed to map the immune system's response to the coronavirus and that it is remarkably similar to the flu. This has allowed them to find what the immune system is lacking to properly fend off the virus. They are now one step closer to a vaccine.
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Global CO2 emissions from the power sector experience the largest drop since 1990
Global Carbon Dioxide emissions from the power sector dropped by 2% last year, making it the largest drop since 1990. This dip occurred due to the reduction in coal usage in Europe and the United States. Although coal usage in China rose by a large amount as the country became responsible for half the world's coal-fired power generation.
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Summers in Australia are now twice as long, scientists suspect climate change
According to a new report, summers in Australia are now twice as long as they used to be in the 50s and 60s. The summer has been extended by 31 days in most of the country's capital cities and many suspect climate change is the cause of this drastic change.
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Scientists find the largest explosion since the Big Bang
A collaboration of scientists operating telescopes in the US, Europe, India, and Australia have found what they believe to be the greatest explosion in the universe since the Big Bang. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster containing thousands of galaxies. The black hole blew a one-and-a-half-million light-year hole in the middle of the cluster.
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