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The orca uprising: whales are ramming boats – but are they inspired by revenge, grief or memory? | Whales | The Guardian
A pod in the strait of Gibraltar has sunk three boats and damaged dozens of others, and their story has captivated the world. What explains this unprecedented behaviour? — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/the-orca-uprising-whales-are-ramming-boats-but-are-they-inspired-by-revenge-grief-or-memory/
Logging regulator not adequately detecting illegal logging, Victorian Auditor-General’s Office finds – ABC News
Victoria’s logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is reducing the risk of illegal logging, a Victorian Auditor General’s Office report finds. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-07/logging-regulator-vicforrests-auditor-general-report/101508096 The book Wounded Country reports Murray … Continue reading
Eden Project brings a “cabinet of climate curiosities” to COP26
The design, construction and delivery of the Pavilion at COP26 brings together the original team behind the design and delivery of Eden Project Cornwall – Eden Project, Grimshaw and Sir Robert McAlpine – which after 20 years of operation has … Continue reading
Hotter water leaves smaller and less mobile fish
18 August, 2021 − The catch with warming oceans is that there’ll be less of a catch. Smaller and less mobile fish will leave less to eat. — Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/hotter-water-leaves-smaller-and-less-mobile-fish/ could this be why diet for jelly fish instead … Continue reading
Guest post: Mapping ‘blue-carbon wealth’ around the world
Each tonne of CO2 taken up by these coastal ecosystems increases global inclusive wealth by an amount equal to the SCC and can be considered as a “blue-carbon wealth contribution”. — Read on http://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-mapping-blue-carbon-wealth-around-the-world inevitably Australia has more than its … Continue reading
The frontline of koala conservation
The koala is listed as one step below endangered so why aren’t we saving them? The Australian Koala Foundation’s Deborah Tabart and specialist koala ecologist Dr Steve Phillips discuss all things koala: their personalities, their history and how a broken political system … Continue reading
High levels of ocean noise a possible threat to whales and dolphins
Sound propagates very easily in ocean water. It occurs due to the high density of water compared to air. A hydrophone will pick up sounds from hundreds of kilometres away. Sounds of ice breaking in Antarctica can be detected 6,000 … Continue reading
A call for strengthened environmental legislation
Detailed discussion about exactly why Tasmanian salmon farms are doing so much harm to other marine life, including what’s known as snot, which devours things like eggs of small fish like sardines, without which… Despite five vertebrate extinctions in 1999, … Continue reading
Solve nature and climate together or not at all
11 June, 2021 − Sink or swim as one, says science. Solve nature and climate together, or neither of the twin crises will be soluble. — Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/solve-nature-and-climate-together-or-not-at-all/ this is serious Mum…
Only intact forests can stave off climate change
3 May, 2021 − The world’s forests are supposed to stave off climate change. Left alone, perhaps they could. But they’re not being left alone. — Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/only-intact-forests-can-stave-off-climate-change/ “forests represent precious natural capital: worth more to humankind undisturbed than they … Continue reading