Sunny interludes punctuate showers of rain, hail and sleet as furious winds sweep clouds across the sky. It's a typical summer day on Macquarie Island, a sliver of ocean floor that rose more than 2.5 km from the depths of ...
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2019
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Australia will close its permanent station at Macquarie Island almost seven decades after establishing the sub-Antarctic research facility, officials said Tuesday, citing environmental contamination concerns and ageing infrastructure.
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2016
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One of the largest publicly funded conservation investments in history is starting to pay off on Macquarie Island, our newly published study shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2024
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What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds.
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2024
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Australia's permanent sub-Antarctic research base at World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has won a reprieve from closure and will instead get a multi-million dollar revamp, the government said Friday, in a boost for science.
Earth Sciences
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