Scientists have made important advances towards predicting tsunami by combining mathematics, geology and physics. Its re-emergence is evidence that integrated pest management can help keep even persistent pests at bay. Monitoring the white death - soil salinity New technology is being used to help monitor the extent of dryland salinity threatening large areas of Australia's agricultural zone. A draft national strategy for cleaner production, produced by the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, was recently available for public comment. In August 1998, Australia's first large-scale windfarm commenced operation near Crookwell in New South Wales.
Wind power is set to become an important means of generating electricity worldwide.
The Australian Technology Park in Sydney has installed Australia's first commercial fuel cell. The Southern Ocean and global climate Research shows that the Southern Ocean is crucial to the world's climate system. It seems that El Ni o and La Ni a are here to stay. The relationship between Australia's environmental problems and population growth is complex and not fully understood. The meeting on greenhouse gas emissions held in Kyoto in December 1997 put the enhanced greenhouse effect in the spotlight.