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I have always wondered: why is the sea salty?

  • Written by: Helen Phillips, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
imageSalt flows down rivers to the ocean.Shutterstock/Masonjar

This is an article from I Have Always Wondered, a new series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au

Why is the sea salty? - Robert Moran, Middlecove

The short answer is that water dissolves the salts...

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What about the people missing out on renewables? Here's what planners can do about energy justice

  • Written by: Jason Byrne, Associate Professor of Environmental Planning, Griffith University
imageSolar panels are integrated into a block of flats in the Viikki area of Helsinki, Finland.Pöllö/Wikimedia, CC BY

The rapid shift to new energy sources is outpacing land use planning in cities. As interest in renewable energy burgeons, another concern has emerged – energy justice.

Improvements in renewable energy generation, energy...

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As your car becomes more like an iPhone, get ready to update its software regularly

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageUpdating a car as easy as updating an iPhone?Bosch

In response to millions of people fleeing Florida in the face of Hurricane Irma, Tesla has “flipped a switch” in some of its cars to temporarily extend their range.

Tesla is able to do this because its cars receive software updates much like an iPhone does, via the Internet in an update...

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Government leans on AGL over Liddell ahead of meeting

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageMalcolm Turnbull will meet with AGL chief executive Andy Vesey on Monday to discuss the future of the Liddell power station. Lukas Coch/AAP

Federal ministers are piling the pressure onto energy company AGL ahead of its chief executive, Andy Vesey, meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday to discuss the future of the Liddell power...

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