Category Archives: marine sciences

The ghost rats of Bramble Cay

Posted on 21 June 2016 by Peter Boyer

Climate change has sealed the fate of a unique Barrier Reef rodent. Life in the wild is a rough, tough affair, a battle against the elements and each other. Nature leaves no room for sentiment. The same is true for … Continue reading →

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Move to sack leading scientist will shock scientific world

Posted on 17 May 2016 by Peter Boyer

Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to intervene in the CSIRO crisis will cost Australia dearly. The demand by CSIRO management that its leading sea-level scientist, John Church, explain why he shouldn’t be sacked is as unbelievable as it is outrageous. On an … Continue reading →

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Acidifying oceans highlight Australia’s climate policy barren

Posted on 9 May 2016 by Peter Boyer

While the world’s climate scientists wrestle with the mammoth issue of ocean acidification, the Turnbull government cuts research and fiddles in the margins. In the week of Scott Morrison’s first budget, 330 scientists holed up in Hobart were focusing on something … Continue reading →

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