18003 /news/t/environment-sustainability en Research reveals bill to recover Australia's threatened species /news/article/2024/12/research-reveals-bill-recover-australias-threatened-species <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The full cost of recovering all of Australia’s threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-01-07T09:00:00+10:00">7 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:18:30 +0000 uqnroock 136573 at /news Monarch butterflies are in decline in NZ and Australia – they need your help to track where they gather /news/article/2025/01/monarch-butterflies-are-decline-nz-and-australia-%E2%80%93-they-need-your-help-track-where <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Monarch butterflies appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-01-03T10:45:00+10:00">3 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:27:13 +0000 uqkkyria 136608 at /news Why medium-sized animals are better built for speed /news/article/2024/12/why-medium-sized-animals-are-better-built-speed <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Researchers have taken a giant step towards solving the mystery of why intermediately sized animals are the fastest.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-19T12:00:00+10:00">19 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:06:00 +0000 uqnross4 136571 at /news Corals depend on near neighbours to reproduce /news/article/2024/12/corals-depend-near-neighbours-reproduce <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A new study reveals corals must be within only a few metres of each other to successfully reproduce, leaving them vulnerable in a warming world.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-17T06:15:00+10:00">17 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:27:10 +0000 uqnroock 136551 at /news Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions /news/article/2024/11/tourism-leads-pack-growing-carbon-emissions <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-led study shows greenhouse gas emissions from tourism have been growing more than 2 times faster than those from the rest of the global economy. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-11T06:00:00+10:00">11 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:01:26 +0000 uqnroock 136386 at /news Biodiversity at risk in most rainforests /news/article/2024/12/biodiversity-risk-most-rainforests <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-10T08:00:00+10:00">10 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 02:19:52 +0000 uqnroock 136482 at /news Biorobotics reveal the secret lives of bugs and bees /news/article/2024/12/biorobotics-reveal-secret-lives-of-bugs-and-bees <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environme</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-05T10:00:00+10:00">5 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:58:15 +0000 uqebla11 136471 at /news Coral adaptation unlikely to keep up with global warming /news/article/2024/11/coral-adaptation-unlikely-keep-global-warming <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Coral adaptation to global warming will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions in global greenhouse gasses, according to an international team of scientists.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-29T08:00:00+10:00">29 November 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:00:28 +0000 uqehalli 136450 at /news Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock /news/article/2024/11/collaboration-key-ultimate-genotypes-plants-and-livestock <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-20T12:45:00+10:00">20 November 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 02:49:40 +0000 uqebla11 136430 at /news Fermenting a future for food in Australia /news/article/2024/11/fermenting-future-food-australia <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Forming a National Food Plan and appointing a food minister are among the key recommendations of a white paper into growing a precision fermentation industry in Australia</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-18T08:00:00+10:00">18 November 2024</span></div></div></div> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:30:16 +0000 uqnroock 136393 at /news