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Feeling helpless about the Great Barrier Reef? Here’s one way you can help
As the Great Barrier Reef suffers a second wave of mass bleaching, there is a way to get involved.
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Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything
From luxuries like champagne to the very livelihoods of fishing communities in the developing world – the climate-driven shifts in species will affect us all.
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What exactly are jellyfish, anyway?
How do they swim? Do they have brains? From notorious box jellyfish to innocuous blubbers, jellyfish are as strange and diverse as they are common.
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The science behind Cyclone Debbie
The category 4 cyclone – the fifth storm of this year’s season, and the strongest so far – buffeted the Queensland coast across a wide area centred on Airlie Beach.
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How Australia’s animals and plants are changing to keep up with the climate
Australia’s animals and plants are already demonstrating their resilience to climate change.
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How will Cyclone Debbie compare to Australia’s worst cyclones in history?
The real impact of a cyclone depends on more than just its category, with important factors including its size, tides and the region it hits. Here are some of the most destructive cyclones in Australia’s history.
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How healthy soils make for a healthy life
We’re in danger of losing the health benefits of soils faster than they are replaced.
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Getting to know Australia’s diverse forests
From the karri forests of Western Australia to tropical rainforests in Queensland, Australia is spoilt for choice when it comes to forests – and International Day of Forests is a timely reminder of their value.
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OPINION: Should Pluto be reclassified as a planet?
A group of astronomers are trying to reclassify Pluto as full ‘planet’. But there are good reasons to leave our classification system alone, and this doesn’t mean Pluto is any less interesting.
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Extreme weather likely behind worst recorded mangrove dieback in northern Australia
In early 2016 reports appeared that vast swathes of mangroves had died in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It now appears heat and drought were to blame.