Thanks to an extensive restoration project in the Emigrant Creek sub-catchment, the Richmond River Estuary has…
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Ocean conservationists welcome Australia’s support for global plastics treaty
News that Australia has declared its support for a legally binding global…
VOICES FROM THE EARTH
Hoot Detective In early August Hoot Detective, a Science Week 2021 citizen science project, was launched.…
VOICES FOR THE EARTH
Importance of Plantations Act Review The NSW Government is currently undertaking a review of the Plantations…
Engineers and biologists join forces to reveal how seals evolved to swim
New research combines cutting-edge engineering with animal behavior to explain the origins of efficient swimming in…
Nature walk for Lions Club of Clarence – Environmental
Intermittent showers on the day of the Lion’s Club picnic day at Shannon Creek on May…
Reducing junk food ad time could reduce childhood obesity
UK researchers have modelled the impact of restricting airtime for TV ads promoting foods and drinks…
People can do more than use less plastic to help save the GBR
There are many threats to the Great Barrier Reef – cyclones, shipping, crown-of-thorns starfish – but…
Heart attacks hit young women harder than men
Young women who suffer a heart attack have worse outcomes than men Women aged 50 or…
Struggling to stick with that workout program? Blame your personality
Personality may play a role in how well people follow and stick with fitness programs, according…
Tweed Valley a ‘natural laboratory’ to test carbon sequestration theory
An idea to enhance natural carbon capture from olivine weathering to help combat climate change has…
Australia’s leading scientists – ‘it’s time to establish a biodiversity BOM’
With Australia failing to halt species decline and our biodiversity management systems broken, now is the…
How did Pluto get its glowing methane capped mountains?
Methane frost on mountain tops near Pluto’s equator is formed by a unique atmospheric process that…
No evidence of excess deaths in NZ and Australia due to pandemic
Over a million people around the world have died as a direct result of the COVID-19…
Restoring just 15% of the world’s land could prevent 60% of extinctions
We can’t fix the whole world at once, but restoring just 15 per cent of the land…
Infant sleep affected by more screentime
With screen time on the rise due to the coronavirus pandemic there is renewed attention on…
Australian carp virus plan ‘dead in the water’?
Plans to release a virus to reduce numbers of invasive Common Carp in Australia are unlikely…
Diamond-studded silk wound dressing detects infection and improves healing
Scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in…
‘Less pain’ to remove tonsils
A 10-year study from Flinders University has found “shrinking” tonsils results in far less pain and…