Jennifer Marohasy

THEY went to the Arctic lamenting global warming, but ever since they got there they have been wishing for warmer weather.
I have been feeling sorry for the three Brits who set off for the North Pole in February.  I’m all for adventurers pushing themselves to their absolute limits but after pulling a 1,000 kg sledge all [...]

Researchers have found new evidence to suggest the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish may soon recover from the threat of extinction.  Read more here.

Environmentalists on local councils have allowed roadsides to become conservation zones for native vegetation, raising the risk of intense bushfires on access roads and jeopardising residents’ safety.  Read more here.

Wildlife experts in the UK are concerned hundreds of toads will die after cold weather prevented their migration.  Read more here.

The temperature data underlying the claim a rare white possum could be extinct from climate change is based on a combination of modelling and empirical data from 25 weather stations … current and new research that is unpublished at this stage.   More at an update at the blog post, here.