Avoiding another Great Dying – learnings from the world’s greatest extinction event
Planet Earth, a quarter of an aeon ago. A series of volcanic eruptions in what we now call Siberia has
Tag: environment
Towards a global picture of plant ecological function
We’ve all noticed that vegetation and the size and shape of plants and their leaves changes as we move across different climates, but do these patterns hold true across the globe?
Cryptic but important genetic differences within species
As Charles Darwin noted, the physical differences between individuals of a species are important for their future survival and success (or not).
Science can identify illegally logged timber – so lets start implementing
Science can identify the source of timber and verifying legality. So it should be a simple case to apply the
Biodiversity favourites
I’ll be off work for a week or so, and while I’m gone I’d like to leave you with some
Australian biodiversity
It’s still world biodiversity month, and that’s an opportune time to mention a few interesting and little-known facts about biodiversity
World overshoot day
August 20th was World Overshoot Day – the estimated day on which the world’s population had used up the planet’s
Beer, chocolate, wine, coffee: all will suffer from climate change
Think climate change will just mean more days lazing at the beach? Think again – some of your favourite things
Science communication needs a touch of the Renaissance
Its official: science fact is losing out to a range of fictions in the public arena. A recent survey of
Wild and wilder
I wrote about one approach to revegetating recently – the suggestion was to clone some of the extremely old trees
Biodiversity Revolution 