Category: Australasia

Australian military warns of climate conflict

Australia's military has warned that global warming could create failed states across the Pacific as sea levels rise and

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Humans help mosquitoes spread disease

Humans adjusting to water shortages caused by global warming could help a dengue fever-carrying mosquito expand into new parts

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Australia’s Aborigines to suffer most from climate change

Australia's outback Aborigines will be among the worst affected by climate change as soaring temperatures likely cause more disease

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Contamination fears over two-headed fish

Toxic chemical contamination was the likely cause of fatal fish mutations in northern Australia in which thousands of bass

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Scientists aim to boost Southern Ocean CO2 monitoring

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australian scientists set sail later this week on a voyage that could lead to better data

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Massive 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near New Zealand's remote and largely uninhabited Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, New

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Scientists pressure Australian PM to step up carbon cuts

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's leading climate change scientists Monday pleaded with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to override his top

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Series of Earthquakes rock New Zealand

Aftershocks continue after todays earthquake centred near Kaikoura that was felt across much of the country. Kaikoura District Council

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Warmer Ocean Water Means Less Oxygen

WASHINGTON - Low-oxygen zones where sea life is threatened or cannot survive are growing as the oceans are heated

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New Zealand’s largest glacier will disappear: scientists

WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand's largest glacier is shrinking fast due to climate change and will eventually disappear altogether,

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