Many human traits, such as height and disease susceptibility, depend on genes that are encoded in our DNA. These genes are switched on and off and further fine-tuned by important but hard-to-find regions in the genome.
Evolution
Nov 16, 2020
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Climate change is already buffeting Australia with extreme bushfires, droughts and cyclones, and the fossil-fuel reliant country should brace for worse to come, according to the country's top science and weather agencies.
Environment
Nov 13, 2020
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A world-first study on the Great Barrier Reef shows crown-of-thorns starfish have the ability to find their own way home—a behavior previously undocumented—but only if their neighborhood is stocked with their favorite ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2020
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A team of researchers from Australia, Canada, the U.K. and New Zealand has found that some fish that eat microplastics are more likely to take risks, and because of that, wind up dying younger. In their paper published in ...
Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef–the first to be discovered in over 120 years, Schmidt Ocean Institute announced today. Measuring more than 500m high–taller than the Empire ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2020
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Ocean acidification is no longer a somber forecast for the Great Barrier Reef but a present-day reality, a new study reveals.
Environment
Oct 28, 2020
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In three decades of diving at locations including the Red Sea and Great Barrier Reef, Gal Eyal has seen coral reefs transform in front of his eyes.
Environment
Oct 19, 2020
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In 1998, ocean temperatures soared, and the world experienced its first significant coral bleaching event. From the Great Barrier Reef to Indonesia to Central America, corals turned white and ghostly. Many of them died. And ...
Ecology
Oct 15, 2020
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A new study of the Great Barrier Reef shows populations of its small, medium and large corals have all declined in the past three decades.
Environment
Oct 14, 2020
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Many Australians do not know what they can individually do to make a difference to the health of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef (GBR), according to a survey led by QUT researchers.
Environment
Oct 13, 2020
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