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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
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.
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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
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
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.
Australia’s marine animals will be the fires’ unseen victims
Ash and silt will choke underwater ecosystems.
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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