Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.
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Due to the remote location and croc-inhabited waters, these northern reefs are largely overlooked and understudied.
Orbital data centers, space habitats, mining the Moon – despite taking place in space, the practices many companies are imagining will still affect the Earth.
Home batteries and rooftop solar have become enormously popular. But while powerful, these technologies won’t let us get rid of the grid.
Wildfire, drought and heat have made climate change impossible to avoid this northern summer. But will authorities tackle the cause – or the symptoms?
By late June, the animals should be well and truly aggregating. In short, the cuttlefish have simply failed to turn up.
Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.
From oyster reefs to bandicoot grasslands, many Australian ecosystems no longer exist. Restoring nature is a good goal – but we cannot return to the past.
As bird flu takes hold, we must find and conserve species with less genetic ability to fight the virus.
New research shows disabled people remain overlooked in climate policy, despite lived experience that could help build more resilient communities.
Conservation cannot only protect habitats where species once lived – it must include the places where they will relocate in a warming world.
We need to carefully study what happens to frogs after we intervene to save them.
As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
We cannot fence the whole of Australia. Therefore, we need to know which species are most at risk from cats.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.
We cannot stop wild birds from flying. But we can control whether this becomes an unmanaged catastrophe or a closely tracked outbreak.
Could marine heatwaves in the cold Southern Ocean be making animals and birds migrate? It’s possible – but we need better monitoring to know.
There is no silver bullet for managing forests, but this study answers some historic questions.
We have to stop thinking of droughts simply as a static state of low moisture. Rapid drought changes can send fire risk soaring.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW
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