| Carbon Week |
| Carbon Week |
Australia's Low Pollution Future White Paper told how Australia would refuse tree and soil trades due to 'significant risk of loss of soil carbon in times of drought', as 'scientific research conducted in Australia suggests that, while there are opportunities for increasing and retaining agricultural soil carbon, Australia does not have the same sequestration potential as other countries, and there is significant risk of loss of soil carbon in times of drought or changed management practices. In short, drought and land clearing had such a big impact on carbon loss that Australia’s carbon budget was bust at the start, it appeared; if it accounted for such losses.
(Full Article)Australia's target was to limit its greenhouse gas emissions to 108 per cent of 1990 emissions in the first commitment period.
(Full Article)There was increasing application for tantalum is as a superalloy in the manufacture of turbine blades for power stations and jet engines, where tantalum improves the structural integrity of blades at high temperatures, enabling turbines to operate at higher temperatures, thereby improving fuel efficiency.
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