Amazon carbon emissions driven by human actions amplified by droughts
Sites, air sampling and analysis Here, we report CO2 and CO measurement results from the four Amazonian aircraft…
Cane Toads Australia: In 1935, Australia released 2,400 cane toads to control crop-eating beetles today, an estimated 200 million invasive toads threaten 75 wildlife species, making it one of the country’s most notorious ecological disasters
Some solutions turn out to be far worse than the problem they were meant to fix, and Australia’s…
Environmental impacts, surveillance and mitigation of antimicrobial resistance
Bäumler, A. J. The coming microbial crisis: our antibiotic bubble is about to burst. Science 385, eads3473 (2024).…
Australia’s current wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change
Cunningham, C. X., Williamson, G. J. & Bowman, D. M. J. S. Increasing frequency and intensity of the…
Underwater umbrellas could protect coral reefs from heat damage | News
Karen Neely (left) and Kathryn Toth (right) work on a shade. (Arelys Chaparro via SWNS) By Stephen Beech…
Supply chain and environmental implications of waste-to-graphite
Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024 https://www.iea.org/reports/global-critical-minerals-outlook-2024 (International Energy Agency, 2024). Bhattacharyya, S. et al. Graphite: the new critical…
Earlier and faster heatwave onset on land under a warming climate
Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S. E. & Lewis, S. C. Increasing trends in regional heatwaves. Nat. Commun. 11, 3357 (2020). Article …
‘Shock’ dugong decline in Gulf of Carpentaria prompts calls for more research, fishing bans
Researchers have recorded a 50 per cent drop in dugong numbers in one of the most globally important…
In 1859, Victoria released 24 wild rabbits for hunting; 91 years later, Australia had 600 million, and the feral pests still caused A$200 million in damage |
A dark brown rabbit sitting in a grassy area in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Credits – Wikimedia Commons…
Warming potential of atmospheric black carbon modulated by particulate matter
Szopa S., et al. in Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (eds Masson-Delmotte, V. et al.) Ch.…
Disturbance characteristics and forest properties regulate surface warming and recovery across Europe
Bonan, G. B. Forests and climate change: forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of forests. Science 320, 1444–1449…
By 1969 or earlier, Japan had introduced peacocks to its southern islands as pets and zoo attractions, and escaped birds later preyed on native lizards and butterflies | World News
Indian peafowl at Domaine de Pescheray in Sarthe, France. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Long before raccoons or bluegill…