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Environment 23 minutes ago

Ending native forest logging would help Australia's climate goals much more than planting trees

Australia contains some of the world's most biologically diverse and carbon-dense native forests. Eucalypts in wet temperate forests are the tallest flowering plants in the world and home to an array of unique tree-dwelling ...

Plants & Animals 2 hours ago

Searching for a female partner for the world's 'loneliest' plant

"Surely this is the most solitary organism in the world," wrote paleontologist Richard Fortey in his book about the evolution of life.

Ecology 7 hours ago

Polar bears could vanish from Canada's Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C

An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay by mid-century if global warming exceeds limits set under the Paris climate accords.

Molecular & Computational biology 10 hours ago

Melissa Caddick mystery shows we need more research of a rare kind: marine forensics

The disappearance of 49-year-old Melissa Caddick in November 2020 captured Australia's attention. At the time, Caddick was being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for alleged financial misconduct, ...

Space Exploration Jun 15, 2024

NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science again after problem

NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is sending science data again.

Environment Jun 15, 2024

Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: Study

Global emissions of nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas—are outpacing expectations and putting climate change goals in peril, a major study published on Wednesday found.