Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts
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Gold project’s environmental assessment up for public comment
A federal agency’s draft environmental assessment report on a proposed mine at Springpole Lake is available online. RED…
The Arctic Ocean and Why You Literally Can’t Live Without It
Despite harsh conditions, the Arctic Ocean supports marine mammals such as seals and whales, along with fish, seabirds,…
Warning fracking on Tanumbirini Station could damage hot springs
Water scientists and Indigenous custodians are calling on the Northern Territory government to reject an application by Santos…
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery
Photo: Supplied / Claire Garrigue More than half a century after the last whale was caught and killed…
Record-breaking rainfall has inundated SA’s worst-hit regions, but is this the end of the drought?
When farmers had to dry seed after one of the driest starts to the year on record in…
How would the Iran crisis play out in a world powered by renewables not fossil fuels?
Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind,…
Scientists Discover a Never-Before-Seen Animal Living Deep Inside the Salty Sediments of Great Salt Lake
The shoreline of Great Salt Lake in Utah often appears almost empty. Wide flats of salt-covered mud stretch…
Which animal will replace humans as Earth’s dominant species?
The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans is difficult to fathom. Though our species has only…
Atacama surprise: The world’s driest desert is teeming with hidden life
New research reveals that life beneath the surface of one of the driest places on Earth is far…
Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests | Oceans
Sea levels around the world have been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling, with research suggesting ocean levels are…
Saharan dust plume to transform UK sunrises and sunsets this week | UK news
A vast plume of Saharan dust is expected to light up the skies over much of the UK…