Science & Environment
Third global bleaching event took its toll on WA’s super-corals
Western Australia’s super-corals are adapted to high temperatures, but even they didn’t escape the recent bleaching event unscathed.
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Science & Environment
Will the Great Barrier Reef recover from its worst-ever bleaching?
Months after record-breaking coral bleaching, research teams are taking stock of the damage on the Great Barrier Reef.
Science & Environment
Record high to record low: what on earth is happening to Antarctica’s sea ice?
After record-breaking amounts of sea ice in Antarctica, this year we’re seeing record lows.
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Farmers asked to share their climate change experience
Farmers around Australia are being asked to share their experiences of climate change in a new national survey.
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Current emissions could already warm world to dangerous levels
New projections suggest the world could warm 3-7 degrees over coming centuries.
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August 2016 world’s hottest on record
That makes it the 16th ‘hottest on record’ month in a row.
Science & Environment
The silencing of the seas: how our oceans are going quiet
The oceans are filled with sounds produced by animals. However, a recent study shows that ocean sounds are diminishing due to nutrient pollution and ocean acidification.
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Rising sea levels could be good news for over-heated corals reefs
Rising sea levels caused by climate change could actually help some coral reefs survive.
Science & Environment
We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ already looks out of reach, so where do we go from here?
Science & Environment
A marine heatwave has wiped out a swathe of WA’s undersea kelp forest
A 10-week surge in ocean temperatures off the Western Australian coast has killed off large patches of kelp forest, the “biological engine” of Australia’s southern reefs.