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Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed
Assessment of more than 2,000 native species warns nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls
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President Donald Trump's rambling address at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner on Friday was filled with far more insults than assertions of fact. https://cnn.it/44SPLEC
Love this! 7-year-old Miles wrote an anthem to Eastern Rosellas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vJZ... #easternrosellas #MilesPhillips
🦜 Eastern Rosellas 🎵 Song by Miles Phillips (and Dad)
YouTube video by Joel Phillips
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“As long as this necrocapitalist psychonomy is determined to self-destruct, this civilisation will be air-conditioning itself using the carbon emission budget stolen from its unborn children” open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
The Sun, The Sea, and The Last Buffet
I’ve been treated to a resort vacation by a close family member as it was the only way I would get to see them this year. I am situated somewhere in the endless parade of industrial-size resorts that ...
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Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging
Exclusive: Most of the island’s corals are likely to be species that have not been formally described by science, researcher says
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Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...
Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.
A Cambridge University team made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production
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Australia reports second H5N1 bird flu case in migratory seabird
Australia reported a second case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in Western Australia on Monday, after confirming its first over the weekend, as the government vowed to rein in the spread of the ...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05... #climatecrisis
Banned abroad, booming at home: Inside Australia's coral industry
Sought-after pieces of coral are sold all around the world, including at rave-like trade shows known as "frag swaps". The insatiable demand for a "piece of the reef" has put coral harvesting in the sp...
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71% of Australians are in favour of a 25% tax on gas exports. Not sure why the govt is scared @skyelark.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Adorable bandicoots complete first phase of ambitious reintroduction project in NSW
A cohort of Shark Bay Bandicoots has arrived in south-west NSW, marking a major milestone in efforts to return locally extinct mammals to the region.
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Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems
Wilderness Society says changes undermined intent of national standards intended to reverse decline of plants, animals and ecosystems
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Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants ->The Guardian | More on "Stranded humpback whale conservation parable" at BigEarthData.ai | #Whale #Wildlife
Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants
For weeks now, a humpback whale has been trying to die. Entangled in ropes, it had wandered into the shallow Baltic Sea. Unable to feed, it is now subject to extreme dehydration, since whales satisfy their thirst through the fish they eat. In such a parlous situation, the whale’s last resort was to strand itself on Poel Island, in the Bay of Wismar. Sadly, it has been a slow death. Beached whales die because they are crushed by their own weight. The German humpback’s agony may have been prolonged because it lay in shallow water and was thus only partly submerged. On Thursday, streamed live on YouTube, one final desperate attempt was being made to rescue the whale by inflating cushions under it before floating it out to sea. A whale laid at our feet is a powerful parable. Our empathy with the giants of the sea must be set against the fact that we are shrinking their world. In our relentless push for economic progress, we have managed to reduce the vast ocean to an extension of ourselves. The result is clear: there is almost nowhere in which these animals are able to live peaceful, sustaining lives without being...
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"three percent" is a resource extraction strategy, not a defence strategy.
Michael Taylor@ausindimedia.bsky.social · 4mo ago“Richard Marles did not deliver a defence strategy. He delivered a sales pitch. The target is China. The enemy is abstract. The threat is manufactured. The real purpose is the wealth transfer. The winners are the defence contractors. The losers are the Aus taxpayers.” theaimn.net/the-apocalyp...
A new study from the University of Tasmania's Fire Centre finds that logged forests burn more severely in a bushfire than old growth. Researchers used a natural experiment to provide the strongest evidence yet on a question with real consequences for how the state manages its forests: utas.au/lf
