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In a secret location in an industrial area in western Sydney, a test strip of asphalt is being laid. But this is no ordinary road. The 50-metre strip stretching out into the hot afternoon sun is held together by an unusual material.

Prior to urbanization, the natural landscape and climate determined how much water flowed into streams and rivers.

Climate change will profoundly affect how people move and where people live. Coastal communities, home to approximately 40% of the U.S. population, face the prospect of continuing sea level rise.

A new study shows nutrients can aggravate the already negative effects of climate change on corals to trigger mass coral bleaching. Coral reef environments are typically low in naturally occurring nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous compounds.

A UBC Okanagan researcher has developed a way to predict the future health of the planet's coral reefs.

Samoa's national bird, the near-extinct manumea, was spotted in Savai’i earlier this month. The bird was both heard and seen during a forest survey of Mount Silisili in Aopo in early August, and heard during a survey of Masmasa-Falelima National Park in July. No photographs were taken.

‘Restore Tagabe River, 40 and beyond’ is the theme of the National Forestry and Tree Planting Week launched by the Minister of Forestry, Willie Daniel Kalo, to raise awareness about the importance of trees and forest for ecological, social and economic purposes.

The new study, from the University of Auckland in collaboration with the Department of Conservation, investigated mouse invasions of islands across the Abel Tasman and Marlborough region. The project, led by Dr.

The world's tropical forests offer immense value to humanity, and the evidence of this is now overwhelming. Drugs derived from plants in tropical forests are used to treat cancer, diabetes and more.

The bushfire royal commission is examining ways Indigenous land and fire management could improve Australia's resilience to national disasters. On the face of it, this offers an opportunity to embrace Indigenous ways of knowing.