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Podcast: Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today
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Podcast: Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today

On this episode we discuss Indigenous peoples’ long relationship with — and stewardship of — marine environments through the lens of aquaculture. Listen here: Coastal cultures have often enjoyed abundant lifestyles thanks to the wide array of food, fiber, and other useful resources provided by the world’s seas, sounds, estuaries and oceans. Indigenous peoples have […]
Polystyrene 'white spill' from Brisbane floods causing 'environmental catastrophe' on Queensland beaches

Polystyrene 'white spill' from Brisbane floods causing 'environmental catastrophe' on Queensland beaches

Brisbane River's polystyrene pontoons, torn from their moorings in the floods, are breaking up along 300 kilometres of beaches, threatening nesting turtles and raising fears that other marine animals will mistake the white pieces for food. 
Why sea creatures migrate to the surface every night
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Why sea creatures migrate to the surface every night

Jellyfish, plankton, and even sharks rise from the deep. Scientists aren’t exactly sure why.
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Greenland’s ice sheet is releasing huge amounts of mercury into rivers
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Greenland’s ice sheet is releasing huge amounts of mercury into rivers

As Greenland’s ice grinds up underlying rocks it frees up the toxic mercury they contain, potentially contaminating the aquatic life that Indigenous communities rely on for food
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Climate change makes some fish smaller, and others bigger, study finds
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Climate change makes some fish smaller, and others bigger, study finds

A decades-long study finds that fish either increase or decrease in size in response to climate change-induced warming water, with smaller fish generally getting smaller, and larger fish generally getting bigger.

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

The disease appears to be abating, but they continue to face threats from food shortages caused by overfishing and climate change.

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