ACF has strongly urged Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to reject Walker Group’s plans to build a high-rise apartment and retail complex on a wetland that is internationally recognised as a migratory bird hotspot. #SaveToondah acf.org.au/conservationis…

Queensland has welcomed 46 new Indigenous rangers to enhance cultural land and sea management, with the government committing approximately $27 million annually. nit.com.au/01-12-2023/888…

Tropical #CycloneJasper has now reached category 2 strength and could reach category 4 by Thursday as it drifts over the Coral Sea. Most forecast models are still predicting a coastal crossing somewhere in eastern Queensland next week. Full details here: weatherzone.com.au/news/tropical-…

#CycloneJasper - over the Coral Sea Wednesday afternoon and looking impressive. Windy & Zoom Earth

⚠️🌀Tropical Cyclone Watch for #CycloneJasper has been issued for Cape Melville to Townsville, including #Cairns & #Cooktown. A Flood Watch and Severe Weather Warning are also current in the region. Monitor updates at bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/ and on the BOM app.

Conditions at our #CoastSnap station at Cooya Beach (Port Douglas) right now as #TCJasper is due to make landfall this afternoon. Storm surge is presently 0.5 metres according to the nearby storm tide monitoring gauge #citizenscience

Years ago, I recall @royhdennis telling me that the biggest barrier to ambitious nature recovery, or #rewilding, is the conservation establishment - its aversion to risk and obsession with process. I thought it was an odd thing to say but my word, I understand now. #justdoit

Heavy rains continue here in #Cairns in the wake of #CycloneJasper #TCJasper Airport to hopefully re-open shortly 📷by Dr Suzanne Long

#GBR weather update. The passage of cyclone jasper has mixed and cooled the water column (visible in the modelled cross section) leaving us a deg below climatology. charts updated daily at reefhavens.pythonanywhere.com

Hard to capture the volume of water on video but walking in I could feel the ground shaking amidst a deafening roar. An unprecedented 6ft of rain fell on the catchment over the past few days. #cairnsflood

Brenda the civil disobedience penguin says:

#TCJasper #cycloneJasper #GreatBarrierReef

This was fun to write. Crocs love feral pigs and quolls have a taste for rabbit – but it doesn’t solve the invasive species problem theconversation.com/crocs-love-fer….

📢Hot off the presses, my team's step-by-step bench protocol for selecting and processing formalin-fixed museum specimens for gDNA extraction and WGS! dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… #PLOSONE #museomics Clare Holleley (@clareholleley.bsky.social) Dr Marina Alexander

Quantifying the Effects of Energy Infrastructure on Bird Populations and Biodiversity | Environmental Science & Technology: Oil and gas drilling kills far more birds than windfarms. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

“One can hope that bad actors will think twice before defaming scientists just trying to do their job.” - Prof Michael E. Mann newsweek.com/climate-scient…

Walker’s marina and high-rise apartment plan would have destroyed irreplaceable feeding grounds for migratory birds, a big chunk of the Ramsar wetland and mature eucalypts that are home to koalas and other wildlife. Kelly O'Shanassy #auspol #qldpol theguardian.com/australia-news…

“It's one of the worst budgets I've seen for nature and biodiversity in terms of new spending” - Sarah Bekessy from Biodiversity Council on #Budget2024 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/australia…

🗞️#ICYMI: Yesterday was a historic day! International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea became the first international court to confirm that States have legal obligations to protect the #Oceans from #ClimateChange. 🌊 👀Read more in this The Guardian story by Isabella Kaminski 👇 theguardian.com/environment/ar…