(PhysOrg.com) -- Tropical sea cucumbers could play a key role in saving coral reefs from the devastating effects of climate change, say scientists at One Tree Island, the University of Sydney's research station on the Great ...
Environment
Jan 31, 2012
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Australian scientists have thrown new light on the mechanism behind the mass death of corals worldwide as the Earth's climate warms.
Environment
Nov 18, 2011
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For the first time, scientists have assessed how many corals there are in the Pacific Ocean—and evaluated their risk of extinction.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2021
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The Dead Sea, Vietnam's Halong Bay and Australia's Great Barrier Reef are among 28 contenders to be crowned among the world's new seven wonders of nature on Friday.
Environment
Nov 11, 2011
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Jonathan Allen has good news and bad news for Australians regarding the crown-of-thorns sea star.
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2019
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(Phys.org) —Sea cucumber fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park shows worrying signs of being unsustainable. Many species being targeted are endangered and vulnerable to extinction, as determined by the International ...
Ecology
Oct 15, 2013
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Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness.
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2023
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Australia is calling on the world's top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world's largest living structure.
Environment
Jan 16, 2018
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There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you're probably struggling to keep up.
Environment
Dec 27, 2019
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism.
Environment
Apr 6, 2020
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