Why Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Forrest have got it wrong on the drought smh.com.au/national/why-b… “This will not overcome our continent’s changing climate cycle. Unfortunately, all the scientific evidence is pointing to harsher and longer droughts, with higher temperatures.”

“These are very tired and very old conspiracy theories that get a run after most major fires,” says Prof Ross Bradstock, “They’ve been extensively dealt with in many inquiries.” #bushfirecrisis #ClimateEmergency #AustralianFires theguardian.com/australia-news…

“There is an urgent need to implement national conservation efforts for this unique mammal." A new study led by UNSW's Centre for Ecosystem Science has found Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic #platypus. newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-t…

Worrying signs for our aquatic #Nativespecies in the #MDbasin.

“The reality is that this combination of events have not been experienced by our fauna before, so the risk of things being extinct or being dramatically reduced is high." - @ProfRossatUC theguardian.com/environment/20…

Check out the teeth on this beauty! The carnivorous flat-headed gudgeon was seldom detected in the early days of monitoring but through targeted delivery of #environmentalwater to key wetlands in the mid-Murrumbidgee, numbers have increased Environmental Water ILWS Charles Sturt Uni @FMerproject

Good news everybody! #getbusy

New study: Using radiotelemetry to monitor the habitat preferences and environmental flow requirements of juvenile sooty grunter (Hephaestus fuliginosus). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Great to get this work out and be getting the R package together for floodplain vegetation state and transition models. Watch this space 😁

A #newspecies of bright green treefrog from northern Cape York has just been introduced to the world: australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/amri-…

First paper for our fab PhD student Damon Bolton & he made an infographic! #lightpollution sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Floods boost bird populations across Murray Darling, Eyre Basin river systems. abc.net.au/news/2016-11-0… UNSW Science ecosystem.unsw.edu.au/logs/eastern-a…

Prof Emma L Johnston AO FAA FTSE UNSW winner of the Financial Review higher ed emerging leader award afr.com/leadership/sev…

Prof Kingsford has spent < 30 years counting Aus waterbirds. Listen to his story here: ab.co/2go2ae7 UNSW UNSW Science

Barnaby Joyce sending Murray River to 'certain slow death', says South Australia theage.com.au/environment/ba… via The Age

CES student Justin McCann collaborating with Bush Heritage at Naree Station bit.ly/2eV8BEt

Useful UAVs- Drone monitoring of crocodile nesting areas in the Kimberley abc.net.au/news/2017-01-1… via ABC News

Zooplankton allochthony is spatially heterogeneous in a boreal lake ow.ly/YUeF308KvrR

Open conference on platypus, May 30 Taronga Zoo. Breeding, feeding, threats and genetics. Agenda and registration sites.google.com/view/platypusc…

High key B&W of recreational fishers in the Lombok Strait micro-jigging. Pic taken before a storm #highkeyphotography #indonesianthroughflow #Lombok Pic by Jes