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Climate Change Fuels Seagrass Wasting Disease Outbreaks

In an oceanic omen for climate change's intensifying effects, new research shows that seagrass suffers from a lesion-filled wasting disease through large swaths of intertidal meadows in the Pacific Northwest.

14 Dec 2021

Railcare will Reduce its Fossil Emissions by 40% by 2025

As part of the Group's ongoing sustainability work, Railcare has set a clear goal of reducing the consumption of fossil emissions from its own locomotives and machinery by 40% by 2025.

14 Dec 2021

Climate Models Could Grossly Underestimate Future Extinctions of Species

Ecologists estimate that 15 to 37% of plant and animal species will go extinct as a direct result of the rapidly changing climate.

10 Dec 2021

New Study Finds Healthy, Diverse Soundscape on Restored Coral Reefs

In Indonesia, thousands of square meters of coral are being grown on formerly damaged reefs, but earlier, it was uncertain if these new corals would recover the complete reef ecosystem.

9 Dec 2021

Food and Housing Crisis for Melbourne's Native Bees

RMIT researchers call on Melburnians to plant the right plants and create the right homes for native pollinators.

9 Dec 2021

Rare Pig-nosed Turtles Once Called Melbourne Home

Pig-nosed turtles are found in tropical freshwater ecosystems in northern Australia and New Guinea, only arriving here a few thousand years ago.

8 Dec 2021

Plants Face Challenges in Adapting to Climate Change in Human-Dominated Landscapes

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz are contributing new insights into the challenges plants face in adapting to climate change. Prior research has long anticipated that plants might be able to respond to increasing temperatures by changing their phenology-;or the timing of seasonal life processes-;at a rate that matches the rate of climate change.

8 Dec 2021