As we come toward the end of another summer of climate extremes its time to ask ‘if not now, then when is it a convenient time to talk about climate…
Coastal carbon movement
The world runs on carbon, fueling human energy needs through hydrocarbons and driving food webs. Professor Connolly and his team from the Australian Rivers Institute investigate two key aspects of carbon…
Info-graphic: The BIG NUMBERS of climate change
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EVENT: The Climate is changing: are we adapting?
The climate is changing: are we adapting? A panel discussion. With 2014 officially declared the hottest year on record we are once again reminded that climate change is not only something…
Aquatic ecosystems need to make the grade
New research gives insight into designing a world standard ecosystem report card “Healthy ecosystems help to sustain human communities and economies” says Professor Rod Connolly from the Australian Rivers Institute….
Can coral adapt to climate change?
Corals may be better equipped to tolerate climate change than previously believed, according to research led by Dr Emma Kennedy from the Australian Rivers Institute. “Corals rely on a relationship…
The survival of earth depends on frogs
Professor Jean-Marc Hero is a vertebrate ecologist with research expertise in conservation biology of amphibians, biodiversity assessment and monitoring, and conservation physiology. He is Deputy Director of Griffith University’s Environmental…
Move over, McMansions – the tiny house movement is here
A small group of people are gathered around a campfire in a Victorian State Forest. Members of the Tiny Houses Australia community, they’re attending a Spring Camp to talk about how to…
Who we should recognise as First Australians in the constitution
Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm recently said Australia should not recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Australians in legislation because the evidence was only “conjecture”. He raised his…
Gaming technology boosts mangrove research
Motion sensing technology best known in computer games is vastly improving Queensland scientists’ ability to quantify habitat complexity in mangroves. The Kinect line of devices developed by Microsoft for Xbox consoles and…