All posts tagged "environment"

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  African protected area saving endangered megafauna

  One of Africa’s last remaining wilderness areas is in good shape and could potentially support 50,000 elephants and 1000 lions, a University...

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  Resilient reefs offer hope for regeneration

  Just three per cent of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals may hold the key to regenerating reefs damaged after major disturbances, new...

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  Feral foxes and felines dangerous to our desert dwellers

  Desert mammal populations are limited by introduced predators rather than future climate change.

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  Scientist to highlight marine plastic pollution

  Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientist Dr Jennifer Lavers will highlight the global problem of marine plastic pollution at the...

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  Saving endangered species over our dead bodies

  The secret to the survival of critically endangered wildlife could lie beyond the grave, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

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  Reintroduced marsupials may pose threat to ground-dwelling birds

  Native marsupials reintroduced in south-western Australia are a threat to ground-dwelling birds, a University of Queensland study has found.

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  Pollution impact on global burden of disease undercounted

  Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated nine million premature deaths in 2015, a global report has found.

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  Local farmers creating value from waste

  Local farmers have been doing it tough over the past ten years but recently published research by a team from QUT and...

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  Melbourne and Sydney should prepare for 50 degree days

  A new study led by ANU has warned that Melbourne and Sydney should prepare for 50 degree Celsius days under the Paris...

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  Critical sawfish nursery habitats identified in Fitzroy River

  Murdoch University researchers have identified the key habitats of endangered sawfish species in Western Australia’s Fitzroy River.