Global heating has pushed the world’s coral reefs to a fourth planet-wide mass bleaching event that is on track to be the most extensive on…
View More Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on recordTag: Australia news
Weather tracker: first red cyclone warning for Réunion since 1989
Active weather is expected to affect northern Australia and parts of the Mascarene Islands in the south Indian Ocean this week, with the monsoon trough…
View More Weather tracker: first red cyclone warning for Réunion since 1989Cop28 has finally named fossil fuels as the main climate problem. But do leaders have the will to act? | Adam Morton
From the start, Cop28 appeared beyond the reach of satire. About 100,000 politicians, diplomats, lobbyists, business people, investors, activists, scientists, policy wonks and journalists from…
View More Cop28 has finally named fossil fuels as the main climate problem. But do leaders have the will to act? | Adam Morton‘Unprecedented mass coral bleaching’ expected in 2024, says expert
Record-breaking land and sea temperatures, driven by climate breakdown, will probably cause “unprecedented mass coral bleaching and mortality” throughout 2024, according to a pioneering coral…
View More ‘Unprecedented mass coral bleaching’ expected in 2024, says expertThe scientist who was branded alarmist for exposing the fate of coral reefs
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was just 10 years old when he first saw the Great Barrier Reef. That year, 1969, most young kids around the world were…
View More The scientist who was branded alarmist for exposing the fate of coral reefsSimilar numbers of male and female turtles hatched at Coral Sea site give hope for survival of species
Similar numbers of female and male green and hawksbill turtles are hatching in the Coral Sea’s Conflict Islands, new research suggests, despite global heating increasingly…
View More Similar numbers of male and female turtles hatched at Coral Sea site give hope for survival of speciesNew mothers may have enhanced ability to see faces in objects
Whether it’s seeing Jesus in burnt toast, a goofy grin in the grooves of a cheese grater, or simply the man in the moon, humans…
View More New mothers may have enhanced ability to see faces in objectsDeath cap mushrooms: why are they so toxic and how can poisoning be treated?
Three people are dead and one is in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital from suspected mushroom poisoning after eating a beef wellington pie…
View More Death cap mushrooms: why are they so toxic and how can poisoning be treated?Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush
The billionaire Australian mining tycoon and investor Andrew Forrest has led international condemnation of the UK’s new oil rush, saying he would pull his major…
View More Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rushUnesco recommends against Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’ listing but Australia warned more action needed
UN scientific advisors have recommended the Great Barrier Reef not be placed on a list of world heritage sites “in danger” but stressed the planet’s…
View More Unesco recommends against Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’ listing but Australia warned more action needed