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Graduate students Heidi Rantala and Stephanie Parker of the University of Alabama collect benthic samples from the Upper Kuparuk Spring, part of the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research (ARC LTER) site at Toolik Lake. Photo by Jon Benstead, University of Alabama.
Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science
April 10, 2020

Travel, social and funding restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a toll on scientific research worldwide.

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Scientists say the role of 'exceptional heat and dryness' can't be ignored as factors contributing to the bushfire crisis - and nor can the need to reduce carbon emissions here and abroad.CREDIT:WEATHERZONE
'Dire outlook': Researchers call for urgent Australian climate action
February 6, 2020

Eighty leading researchers have called on Australia's governments to "acknowledge the gravity of the threat posed by climate change" and cut greenhouse gases "to safeguard against catastrophe". An open letter, signed by present and recent Australian Research Council laureates, said whil

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Pacific climate change centre opens in Samoa
September 5, 2019

A new facility dedicated to helping Pacific Island countries prepare for and cope with the impacts of the climate crisis is being officially opened today in Samoa.

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TIS: Ten-year break on seabed mining to help science
August 22, 2019

Pacific civil society organisations have asked Pacific Islands Forum leaders for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining  from 2021 to 2030, to give time for more scientific data to be generated to better inform the governance and conservation of our Ocean.

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