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A huge, detached coral reef measuring over 1,600 feet in height has been discovered on Australia's Great Barrier Reef—the first to be found in over 120 years. The reef was found on October 20 during an underwater mapping expedition of the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef seafloor.

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A new Department of Conservation study shows there are 35,000 unexplained deaths, in the past eleven years, of the already critical antipodean albatross.

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Nuclear weapons will soon be illegal.

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In an article published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Water, the 13 experts say that while plastic waste is an issue, its prominence in the general public's concern for the environment is overshadowing greater threats, for exam

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The Atlas of Global Surface Water Dynamics created by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) illustrates the changes in the Earth's lakes, rivers and wetlands over time.

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The island’s reefs got some help fighting off predators earlier this year, thanks to the help of divers and engineers with the U.S. Navy. Member of the U.S.

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Insurance could cost-effectively help protect and restore mangrove forests, which can offer increased resilience and protect against coastal flooding, according to a report published today by The Nature Conservancy and University of California, Santa Cruz, and supported by AXA XL...The

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By the time Sir David Attenborough had reached his 50s, the human population had doubled in size from when he was born, multiplying our species’ impacts on the planet.

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A recently published study in the journal Science gives recommendations for decision-makers preparing to set new biodiversity goals at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2021.

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Chia Tai Enterprises Ltd logging company claimed the call to halt its logging operation on Abarafi tribal land is not right as an agreement was legally made between the company and the rightful landowner trustees.

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