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Increasing land clearing could leave Australia hotter and drier. Wilderness Society

August 11, 2016

Stopping land clearing and replanting trees could help keep Australia cool in a warmer future

Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland; Jozef Syktus, The University of Queensland, and Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland

Here’s another reason to stop land clearing: it’s making Australia hotter and drier.

Koalas face many threats, and our conservation efforts are failing them. Koala image from www.shutterstock.com

July 5, 2016

Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends

Jonathan Rhodes, The University of Queensland; Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland; Daniel Lunney, University of Sydney; Kerrie Wilson, The University of Queensland, and Truly Santika, The University of Queensland

Koalas are under threat from a range of factors, from urban expansion to climate change. Unfortunately there is no quick fix, and it may be that not all populations can be saved.

Lonesome National Park is home to some of the last remaining brigalow woodland.

May 6, 2016

EcoCheck: can the Brigalow Belt bounce back?

Leonie Seabrook, The University of Queensland; Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland, and Martine Maron, The University of Queensland

Science was instrumental in working out how to clear brigalow forest to make way for farming in the 20th century. Now it’s trying to bring these iconic forests back.

Land clearing rates in Queensland tripled since 2010. Martin Taylor

February 21, 2016

Queensland land clearing is undermining Australia’s environmental progress

Martine Maron, The University of Queensland; Bill Laurance, James Cook University; Bob Pressey, James Cook University; Carla P. Catterall, Griffith University; Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Jonathan Rhodes, The University of Queensland; Kerrie Wilson, The University of Queensland, and Marc Hockings, The University of Queensland

Land clearing in Queensland has tripled in the past five years.

Wild koala in the Western Downs region of Qld exhibiting abnormal behaviour due to drought conditions. P. Murphy, December 2009

February 13, 2013

The koala in the coalmine

Christine Hosking, The University of Queensland and Clive McAlpine, The University of Queensland

If we need an indicator that climate change is upon us, we need look no further than Australia’s koala. The koala family (Phascolarctidae) has existed in Australia for tens of millions of years, yet in…

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