Changes in land use significantly affect larger bees, study shows
A new collaborative study has found that bees are increasingly under threat due to environmental degradation caused by changes in land use.
A new collaborative study has found that bees are increasingly under threat due to environmental degradation caused by changes in land use.
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2024
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In Queensland's northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometers between Townsville and Cooktown. These mountainous rainforests are a relic of the ancient continent of Gondwana, dating back million of years ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2024
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Australia must take "urgent" action to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including setting more ambitious climate targets, the UN's cultural organization has warned.
Ecology
Jun 25, 2024
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A decline of natural tree hollows is forcing arboreal mammal numbers to fall, according to a new study exploring why these species are disappearing in Northern Australia.
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2024
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Policy alignment sounds dry. But think of it like this: you want to make suburbs cooler and more liveable, so you plant large trees. But then you find the trees run afoul of fire and safety provisions, and they're cut down.
Environment
Apr 4, 2024
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After a decade searching for new species of bees in forests of the Pacific Islands, all we had to do was look up.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2024
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Satellite images analyzed by AI are emerging as a new tool in finding unmapped roads that bring environmental destruction to wilderness areas.
Environment
Feb 29, 2024
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Climate change and biodiversity loss are arguably the greatest environmental challenges the world faces. The way we use land is crucial in finding solutions to these problems. In theory, actions such as revegetation and avoiding ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2024
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Australia's abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonization are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2023
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Increasing environmental awareness among consumers presents a challenge to improve practices. It's also an opportunity to reap the rewards of doing so.
Ecology
Aug 9, 2023
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