Traditional community-run marine reserves and fisheries can play a big role in helping to restore and maintain fish numbers in stressed developing nations' coral reef fisheries.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A magnitude 8 earthquake that struck today off the Solomon Islands is not a risk to Australia, but has destroyed three villages in the region and resulted in a tsunami with early reports of some deaths.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands on Wednesday generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) that damaged dozens of homes and left at least four people missing and presumed dead in the South Pacific island ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

The Solomon Islands on Friday urged villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's tourism industry.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Tropical Cyclone Freda intensified over the last couple of days in the warm waters of the Southern Pacific Ocean, and NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites measured the rainfall within the storm, and noticed the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 01, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Scientists have long used the speed of seismic waves traveling through the Earth as a means of learning about the geologic structure beneath the Earth's surface, but the seismic waves they use have typically been generated ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 05, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Epitomising the "What is the world coming to" campaign at Murdoch, Associate Professor Libby Lee-Hammond and Dr Andrew McConney from the School of Education were approached by World Vision to conduct the ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

One of 25 dolphins being transferred to a Singapore oceanarium despite protests from activists died during its flight to the city-state on Thursday, the resort said.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 22, 2012 not rated yet 1

A first batch of dolphins has arrived at a new oceanarium in Singapore after activists failed to have the animals' transfer from the Philippines blocked, officials said Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 20, 2012 not rated yet 1

A Singapore casino resort's acquisition of dolphins from the Solomon Islands for its marine park contributed to the depletion of the species there, an animal welfare group said Friday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 19, 2012 2 / 5 (1) 0

More than 54,000 wild birds, including critically endangered species, were laundered through the Solomon islands into the global wildlife trade between 2000 and 2010, a wildlife group said Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 18, 2012 not rated yet 1

UN wildlife trade regulator CITES said Wednesday that tougher limits should be imposed on trade of aquatic species such as corals, dolphins and sturgeons to protect them from extinction.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

The Australian government has said it plans to establish the world's biggest marine protection zone to safeguard a huge swathe of the Coral Sea, a biodiversity hotspot brimming with life.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 25, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 1

(AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that urgent action was needed on climate change, pointing to the famine in the Horn of Africa and devastating floods in northern Australia ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 08, 2011 3.4 / 5 (9) 14

The Coral Sea off Australia's northeast coast is one of the last remaining places brimming with large predatory fish such as sharks and tuna, a study released Saturday found.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 20, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0