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Tag Archives: science
Linear infrastructure impacts on landscape hydrology
The extent of roads and other forms of linear infrastructure is burgeoning worldwide, however there has been little quantification of how linear infrastructure affects the movement of water across landscapes. In our paper published in the Journal of Environmental Management, … Continue reading
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Tagged eco-hydrology, environment, environmental impacts, hydrology, linear infrastructure, research, road ecology, science
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Lines in the sand
Dr. Suzanne Prober, Prof Richard Hobbs, Prof Hugh Possingham and I have recently had a paper entitled ‘Lines in the sand: quantifying the cumulative development footprint in the world’s largest remaining temperate woodland‘ published in the journal Landscape Ecology. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, cumulative impacts, ecology, edge effects, environment, Great Western Woodlands, R, research, science
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Is it art? Extreme Australian summer heat finds new colours
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology’s interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colours to extend its previous temperature range that had previously been capped at 50 degrees Celsius. The palette now includes deep purple and pink, which extend the range to 54°C – about … Continue reading
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Tagged bureau of meteorology, climate, extreme weather events, science
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The world below the blue: conservation input closes today
The world’s rich marine resources are vastly under-protected, in the face of massive, growing exploitation, and increasing pollution, entanglement in nets, destruction of important habitat and other impacts from various human activities, and the global changes that result. Australia risks joining the … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity conservation, environment, marine, nature, protected areas, science
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Threatened species day: for those we remember, for those we never knew, and for those who still stand a chance
Today we commemorate the death of the last known Thylacine (also called the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf) in 1936. It is national threatened species day, held each year on 7th September. Without the integral role of top-order predator being … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity conservation, environment, extinction, nature, science, threatened species
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