Damaged coral reefs show slower than expected recovery for up to six years before switching to a faster phase of regrowth, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2021
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From his perch 400 kilometres above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has had a unique perspective on the climate-fuelled natural disasters that have swept the planet over the past six months.
Environment
Oct 28, 2021
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Coal-rich Australia unveiled a much-delayed 2050 net zero emissions target Tuesday, in a plan that pointedly dodged thorny details or near-term goals ahead of a landmark UN climate summit.
Environment
Oct 26, 2021
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Corals are the foundation species of tropical reefs worldwide, but stresses ranging from overfishing to pollution to warming oceans are killing corals and degrading the critical ecosystem services they provide. Because corals ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2021
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Australia's highest court Wednesday dismissed an intellectual freedom claim by a university physicist who was fired in part over his public statements that scientists exaggerated damage to the Great Barrier Reef caused by ...
Other
Oct 13, 2021
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Coral populations have genetic potential to adapt to warming oceans, according to new research by Southern Cross University researchers.
Ecology
Aug 24, 2021
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An exceptionally large coral—a structure made up of small marine animals and calcium carbonate—discovered in the Great Barrier Reef is described in Scientific Reports this week. It is the widest and sixth tallest coral ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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Attacks by venomous Olive sea snakes on scuba divers may be misdirected courtship behaviors, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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A major new report published last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contained grave warnings on where Earth's climate is headed. So what happens if humanity doesn't get its act together? How bad ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2021
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Australia on Friday avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite extensive climate change-fuelled damage to the ecosystem's corals.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2021
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