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A turtle tries to eat a plastic cup: consumer items such as food containers make up the largest share of litter origins, the study found. Photograph: Paulo Oliveira/Alamy Stock Photo
Takeaway food and drink litter dominates ocean plastic, study shows
June 18, 2021

Plastic items from takeaway food and drink dominate the litter in the world’s oceans, according to the most comprehensive study to date.

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A new study has concluded that Polynesian seafarers likely reached Antarctica hundreds of years before the Western explorers usually credited with discovering the frozen continent. Credit- www.phys.org
Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study
June 18, 2021

Polynesian seafarers likely reached Antarctica hundreds of years before the Western explorers usually credited with discovering the frozen continent, a new study has concluded.

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Researcher Andrew Paris with community rep Tomasi Bula through obtaining a fin clip for DNA analysis to explain how to identify the presence/absence of claspers which determine sex for a blacktip shark. Photo: WWF-Pacific / Opeti Vateitei.
Dreketi River & Estuary Shark And Ray Report Launched
June 11, 2021

WWF, the Ministry of Environment and other stakeholders will today launch its Dreketi River and Estuary Shark and Ray Survey report.

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Palau rock islands
PICRC publishes a new scientific paper on the status of reef fish stocks in Palau
June 11, 2021

This nationwide study of fish populations is the first to evaluate the status of reef fish stocks across Palau’s archipelago and provides a baseline to continue assessing the changes in fish stocks over time...According to Dr.

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Deforestation in Borneo. Photo: Rhett A. Butler
Deforestation is driven by global markets
June 11, 2021

The world is at a crossroads, as humanity tries to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss, while still securing a supply of food for everyone.

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Conservation practice and policy in low- and middle-income countries are often shaped by rich Western countries, which means they are underpinned by Western ideas about fairness. Credit - Georgina Gurney / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
More 'fairness' needed in conservation
June 11, 2021

New research shows what is often assumed to be 'fair' in conservation practice may not be considered so by the very people most affected by it--and a new approach is needed if protected areas are to be effective.

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Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Credit - Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)AIMS
Projected acidification of the Great Barrier Reef could be offset by ten years
June 10, 2021

New research has shown that by injecting an alkalinizing agent into the ocean along the length of the Great Barrier Reef, it would be possible, at the present rate of anthropogenic carbon emissions, to offset ten years' worth of ocean acidification.

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PICRC Research Team and author/co-authors from left, Dawnette "Uli" Olsudong, Christina Muller-Karanassos, lead author, Geory Mereb and Victor Nestor. Photo courtesy of PICRC
Palau's fish stocks overexploited but quickly recovered
June 5, 2021

Many of Palau’s fish species had been overexploited but they quickly propagated, allowing replenishment of stocks before they got depleted, according to the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC).

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1 / 1More record-breaking temperatures and heat events will occur in the tropics rather than the poles, like many once thought. This region contains a larger share of the world population and more biodiversity. Credit: The University of Washington and the University of Arizona. Credit - www.phys.org
Record-breaking temperatures more likely in populated tropics
June 5, 2021

Icebergs crumbling into the sea may be what first come to mind when imagining the most dramatic effects of global warming.

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Economic research commissioned by the Australian Academy of Science argues every dollar spent on recording Australia’s plants and animals could deliver up to $35 in benefits. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
Scientists propose urgent $824m mission to document Australia’s undiscovered plants and animals
June 5, 2021

Australia needs to embark on an urgent mission to formally document more than half a million undiscovered plants and animals before they are lost to science and the planet.

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