ANIMAL WELFARE
“Get out of the water!” Monster shark movies massacre shark conservation
Undeniably the shark movie to end all shark movies, the 1975 blockbuster, Jaws, not only smashed box office expectations, but forever changed the way...
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These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds
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How do we save whales and other marine animals from plastic in the ocean? Our new review shows reducing plastic pollution can prevent the deaths...
2019-2020 BUSHFIRES
There are 10 catastrophic threats facing humans right now, and coronavirus is only one of them
Picture: DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP
Four months in, this year has already been a remarkable showcase for existential and catastrophic risk. A severe drought, devastating bushfires, hazardous smoke, towns running...
CONSERVATION
For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found
Jennifer Lavers/AAP
You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each...
CLIMATE CHANGE
A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common
Picture: Shuttlecock
Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way to end a decade. Fires spread through much of southeast Australia, fuelled by dry vegetation from the...
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Shark nets and culls don’t necessarily make Australian beaches safer
AAP Image/Sea Shepherd Australia
Most of the 24 million annual visitors to Queensland don’t notice the series of seemingly innocuous yellow buoys at many...
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Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fuelling faster climate change
Researchers investigated how acidic oceans affect plankton
in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Daniel A. Nielsen, Author provided
Increasingly acidic oceans are putting algae at risk, threatening...
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