Jul 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used in other ways instead, writes Robert Richmond Photo by Ajay Pal Singh Atwal on Unsplash Opinion: When the earthquake and...
Jan 11, 2022 | Science & Technology
By Maria Armoudian & Simon Thrush Oceans have already slowed the rate of global warming for decades, but unless we shift our approach to focus on them we will lose that capacity to solve the planetary overheating problem. As often happens with big meetings of...
Oct 6, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Stuart Johnston & Kevin Painter Mathematical modelling reveals that human-driven noise in our oceans is affecting marine life, particularly whales, confusing their annual migrations. The long-distance migrations performed by groups of animals offer some of the...
Sep 1, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Rob Day & Terry Walker A new approach estimates the risks that fishing and climate change pose to any shark species in Australia, and potentially worldwide. Southern Australia has many species of sharks and their relatives. Very few of these species pose any...
May 18, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Christopher Cornwall, Chris Perry, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, Steeve Comeau & Verena Schoepf New research is suggesting the outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast. The twin stress factors of ocean warming and acidification increasingly...
Apr 20, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Anthony Richardson, Chhaya Chaudhary, David Schoeman & Mark John Costello Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters. History tells us this could trigger a mass extinction event. The tropical water at the equator is renowned for having the richest...
Apr 6, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Sally Brown & Robert James Nicholls Increased urbanisation especially in deltas areas and the demand for freshwater means subsidence will remain a pressing issue in the coming decades. It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. What...
Feb 3, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Giovanni Coco As the sea level slowly rises, we may wonder: what will happen to our beaches? Will they change, maybe even disappear, or will they simply survive the inevitable rise in the sea level? These questions directly affect cultural sites and communities and...
Dec 14, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Jodie L. Rummer, Bridie JM Allan, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ian A. Bouyoucos, Irfan Yulianto & Mirjam van der Mheen It might be the world’s biggest ocean, but the mighty Pacific is in peril. The Pacific Ocean is the deepest, largest ocean on Earth, covering about...
Oct 12, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Joanne Ellis Climate change is causing increased large-scale coral bleaching. That’s because when water is too warm, corals expel the algae living in their tissues, causing the coral to turn completely white. If high temperatures persist, then the absence of these...