Areas of coral diversity identified for conservation in Australia’s North West
New research has confirmed that corals reefs along the Kimberley coastline will not recover quickly from an extreme event such as mass coral bleaching, unless local populations survive. The study...
Human impacts on the environment are changing many biological responses, with effects on rare species and human health, but predicting such responses is complicated, according to a new paper by a...
Mangroves at risk if carbon emissions not reduced by 2050, scientists predict
An international research team, including scientists from the University of Wollongong (UOW), has predicted that by 2050, mangroves will not be able to survive rising sea-levels if global carbon...
Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research. In the wake of the...
Investing in agritech to enhance sustainable farming practices
The Australian Government is backing new technology to help Australian farms become more drought resilient. The Government will support the Soil Carbon Company (SCC) with a $1.7 million investment...
The number of New Zealand’s freshwater fish listed as threatened has increased since we first started keeping track of them in 1992. A new study comparing land use changes and freshwater fish...
