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Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia
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Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia
World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather events
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June 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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UK’s "most hazardous building still leaking radioactive water", MPs warn.
"Sellafield race against time before buildings reach the end of their life... too many signs that this is a race that Sellafield risks losing."
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UK's most hazardous building still leaking radioactive water, MPs warn
The Sellafield nuclear power station could leak radioactive water until the 2050s as clean-up operations struggle to progress, MPs warn.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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£136bn Sellafield clean up too slow, costs are rising and risks are ‘intolerable’, MPs warn.
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£136bn Sellafield clean up too slow, costs are rising and risks are ‘intolerable’, MPs warn | New Civil Engineer
In a new report released today (4 June), parliament’s Public Accounts Committee said the estimated £136bn cost of the clear-up is set to rise if there are
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June 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain
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The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain
A new report reveals the perilous state of nature in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Here’s how to arrest the decline of threatened species and habitat.
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June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways
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We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways
Almost 400 scientists from around the world came together to understand the movements of large marine mammals, using 30 years of satellite tracking data.
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June 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved
‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says
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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved
‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says
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June 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Feral deer that stripped a neighbouring forest bare have now eaten nearly an entire crop of greens on a farm north of Melbourne.
According to Victorian government figures, there are more than 1 million feral deer across the state.
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After stripping forest, feral deer eat $100k worth of farm greens
Feral deer destroy almost an entire crop of greens at a fledgling vegetable-growing business north of Melbourne.
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June 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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More platypuses released in Royal National Park where species is making comeback www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
More platypuses released in park where species is staging a comeback
Platypuses in Royal National Park are thought to have been wiped out by an oil spill more than 50 years ago, but the iconic animals are bouncing back thanks to a relocation program.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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A net a kilometer: Drones successfully identify ghost nets along NT coastline

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A net a kilometer: Drones successfully identify ghost nets along NT coastline
Drones and artificial intelligence are uncovering ghost nets from 50 centimeters to larger than five meters along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, proving the success of a program aimed at ma...
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June 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in millions of years www.nbcnews.com/science/clim... via @nbcnews
Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in millions of years
New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will continue to warp the environment.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in
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‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in
Pioneering computer scientist Yoshua Bengio says his new AI model will make the world safer. But will it work?
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June 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Shoals now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
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‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
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June 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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‘Superorganism’ living worm towers seen in nature for first time cosmosmagazine.com/nature/anima... #science via @CosmosMagazine
Living worm towers seen in nature for the first time
When food runs out and competition heats up, nematode worms assemble into living towers to hitch a ride to more comfortable digs.
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June 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Warren Report: Musk leveraged government access for personal gain
“Since Election Day, Musk’s staggering net worth has increased by over $100 billion,” the report states.
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Warren Report: Musk leveraged government access for personal gain
Since Election Day, Musk's staggering net worth has increased by over $100 billion, the report states.
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June 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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US military waste contractor with flawed safety record backing Australian N-waste dump johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...
US military waste contractor with flawed safety record backing Australian N-waste dump
A US military mega-contractor assisting an Australian company to develop a proposal for a nuclear waste dump in Central Australia has a flawed safety record in handling nuclear waste storage.
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June 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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First Nations firefighters changing culture on the Queensland fire line www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
How Indigenous women are sparking cultural change in firefighting
When a family joined a rural Queensland fire brigade, some members didn't welcome them. A decade on, they are leading a push for more cultural burning in sensitive landscapes.
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June 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre could be filling at a scale not witnessed in living memory bringing life to those at its edge www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Why the sheer scale of Lake Eyre 'makes you feel insignificant'
Lake Eyre being full is not just a once-in-a-lifetime moment it's also a chance for outback towns to feast on tourism.
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June 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body
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Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body
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June 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread
Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.
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June 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Base of North Atlantic food web is in consistent decline cosmosmagazine.com/nature/marin... #science via @CosmosMagazine
Base of North Atlantic food web is in consistent decline
Phytoplankton—microscopic organisms that form the base of the ocean food web—are in decline across much of the North Atlantic
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June 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Giant 'woolly' rat caught on camera for first time in Papua New Guinea's mountains www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Terrier-sized 'woolly' rat caught on camera for first time
A species of giant rat, the size of a small terrier, has been documented in New Guinea's highlands for the first time.
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June 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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David Attenborough tells Prince William humanity has done 'unspeakable' harm to oceans www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
David Attenborough tells Prince Williams of 'unspeakable' human impact on oceans
The 99-year-old documentarian tells the heir to the British throne he hopes his latest film helps create awareness about the state of destruction in underwater environments.
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June 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com
Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests
Methane emissions from Canada's non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. The finding...
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June 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Can’t trust this guy… he’s just too smug and something sleazy…

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The Coalition says it’s open to tax reform – but there’s a catch — The Age
The federal opposition went to the last election opposing the government’s tax cuts. Now it says it backs tax reform on one condition.
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June 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM