Climate Science Digest: February 20, 2025Science
Muser NewsDeskFebruary 20, 2025
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Climate Science Digest: February 20, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Study reveals…

Climate change and air pollution linked to prolonged pregnancyClimate
SourceFebruary 11, 2025
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Climate change and air pollution linked to prolonged pregnancy
Summary: New research from Curtin University suggests that exposure to air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy. The…

Image of the day: Bushfire destruction in Grampians National Park, AustraliaNews
Muser NewsDeskFebruary 10, 2025
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Image of the day: Bushfire destruction in Grampians National Park, Australia
Grampians National Park, a renowned nature reserve in Victoria, Australia, has been ravaged by a series of bushfires since December 2024, leaving widespread destruction in…

The cost of saving Australia’s wildlife: $15.6 billion per yearScience
SourceFebruary 4, 2025
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The cost of saving Australia’s wildlife: $15.6 billion per year
Summary The cost of preventing extinction of Australia’s priority species Summary: Preventing extinction for 99 of Australia’s priority species would require an annual investment of…

Australian ‘green’ hydrogen project under threatNews
SourceFebruary 4, 2025
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Australian ‘green’ hydrogen project under threat
Sydney, Australia | AFP A major Australian "green" hydrogen project was in limbo Tuesday after a state government withdrew its backing, dealing a blow to…

Image of the day: Tropical Cyclone SeanNews
Muser NewsDeskJanuary 21, 2025
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Image of the day: Tropical Cyclone Sean
On January 20, 2025, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology upgraded Tropical Cyclone Sean to a Category 4 storm as it churned off the coast of…

Prehistoric kangaroos’ adaptable diets unlock secrets of survivalScience
Muser NewsDeskJanuary 10, 2025
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Prehistoric kangaroos’ adaptable diets unlock secrets of survival
Prehistoric kangaroos in southern Australia were far more adaptable eaters than previously believed, according to a study published in Science. The research, led by Flinders…

Image of the day: Australian bushfires, autumn 2024News
Muser NewsDeskDecember 22, 2024
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Image of the day: Australian bushfires, autumn 2024
In autumn 2024, Australia witnessed a concerning rise in bushfire activity, leading to a significant increase in carbon emissions. The fires, which have been ravaging…

Papua New Guinea PM vows to return to UN climate talksNews
SourceDecember 10, 2024
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Papua New Guinea PM vows to return to UN climate talks
By Laura CHUNG Sydney, Australia | AFP - Papua New Guinea's prime minister promised Tuesday to return to UN climate summits after boycotting this year's…

Fossil evidence redefines the history of Australia’s rainforest marginsScience
Muser NewsDeskDecember 6, 2024
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Fossil evidence redefines the history of Australia’s rainforest margins
A new study challenges the common portrayal of Australian tall eucalypt forests (TEFs) and rainforests as ecological adversaries. Fossil records, including Early Eocene specimens from…

Image of the day: Summer phytoplankton bloom off Melbourne, AustraliaNews
Muser NewsDeskDecember 5, 2024
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Image of the day: Summer phytoplankton bloom off Melbourne, Australia
A satellite image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 on December 3, 2024, reveals a sprawling phytoplankton bloom extending over 800 kilometers off the coast of Melbourne…

Climate Science Digest: November 1, 2024NewsScience
Muser NewsDeskNovember 1, 2024
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Climate Science Digest: November 1, 2024
Atlas of the Human Planet: 50 years of population growth and urbanization trends The newly published Atlas of the Human Planet details 50 years of…

Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 42, 2024Science
SourceOctober 20, 2024
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Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 42, 2024
Vulnerability of Arctic-Boreal methane emissions to climate change The rapid warming of the Arctic-Boreal region has led to the concern that large amounts of methane…

‘Mysterious black balls’ close Sydney beachesNews
SourceOctober 16, 2024
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‘Mysterious black balls’ close Sydney beaches
Sydney, Australia (AFP) - Hundreds of mysterious black tar-like balls have washed up on two popular Sydney beaches, prompting lifeguards to close the strands to…

Nature conservation is a public good, not a marketNews
SourceOctober 9, 2024
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Nature conservation is a public good, not a market
By Euan Ritchie, Deakin University and Yung En Chee | University of Melbourne | 360info Private investment in conservation is always welcome but the evidence…

Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first time: dataNews
SourceSeptember 4, 2024
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Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first time: data
Sydney, Australia (AFP) - Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to a record low as…

Australia green lights world’s ‘largest’ solar hubNews
SourceAugust 21, 2024
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Australia green lights world’s ‘largest’ solar hub
By Laura CHUNG Sydney, Australia (AFP) - (UPDATED) Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to…

Australia’s ‘vulnerable’ Sydney faces hotter days, rising seasNews
SourceAugust 19, 2024
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Australia’s ‘vulnerable’ Sydney faces hotter days, rising seas
Sydney, Australia (AFP) - The picturesque waterways and beaches of Sydney, Australia's "Harbour City", are "vulnerable" to substantial sea level rises unless a greater effort…

Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: studyNewsScience
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study
By Laura CHUNG | AFP Sydney, Australia - For the past decade, water temperatures along Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in…

EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastropheClimate
SourceJuly 3, 2024
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EVs alone won’t save us from climate catastrophe
By Lily Rau, Climateworks Centre, Melbourne | 360info Zero-emissions vehicles would need to hit 73 percent of new light vehicle sales by 2030 to keep transport…

Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic lifeClimate
SourceJuly 2, 2024
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Australian bushfire ash is deadly for aquatic life
By Society for Experimental Biology While the impact of wildfires on terrestrial life has been well studied, only recently has research started to examine the…

‘Urgent’ for Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef: UNESCONews
SourceJune 25, 2024
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‘Urgent’ for Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef: UNESCO
Sydney, Australia (AFP) - Australia must take "urgent" action to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including setting more ambitious climate targets, the UN's cultural organisation…

A mountainous mystery uncovered in SA’s pink sandsScience
SourceJune 13, 2024
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A mountainous mystery uncovered in SA’s pink sands
By Johnny von Einem | University of Adelaide Deposits of deep-pink sand washing up on South Australian shores shed new light on when the Australian…

Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problemClimate
SourceMay 30, 2024
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Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problem
By Australian Marine Conservation Society Australian and Queensland govts have made little progress in cutting Reef water pollution in two years, will miss 2025 pollution…
