Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Greens To Support Environmental Advocacy and other top stories.

  • Greens To Support Environmental Advocacy

    Greens To Support Environmental Advocacy
    Wednesday, 8th June 2016 at 12:08 pm Greens To Support Environmental Advocacy By Lina Caneva, Editor The Australian Greens Party has launched its environment policy announcing a $2.6 billion plan to include a new independent watchdog and a commitment to stop any future government attacks on tax deductibility for environmental groups. The Greens plan, launched Tuesday, included the establishment of a new National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA), with $130 million in annua..
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  • Meet the fish that's taken control of a jellyfish in Byron waters

    Meet the fish that's taken control of a jellyfish in Byron waters
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Fish trapped inside jellyfish A fish is controlling the movements of a jellyfish while trapped inside, in stunning images taken off Byron Bay. PT0M49S 620 349 Underwater photographer Tim Samuel was searching for sea turtles when he encountered the most bizarre pairing he'd ever seen - a fish stuck inside the bell of a long-tentacled jellyfish.He was free diving off the coast of Byron Bay in northern NSW when he spotted the two creatures."I'm no..
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  • Mungo Man samples contaminated: scientist

    Mungo Man samples contaminated: scientist
    TONY EASTLEY: A new look at ancient bones has led scientists to conclude Aboriginal people were the first Australians.Researchers studied samples from 24 skeletons found in the Lake Mungo region of New South Wales, and found one skeleton with direct links to modern Aboriginal people.As well though, the Griffith University team says 2001 findings about Mungo Man himself were wrong. Their study is published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal.Annie Guest reports..
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  • Fish – yes fish – can distinguish one human face from another

    Fish – yes fish – can distinguish one human face from another
    Biology Fish – yes fish – can distinguish one human face from another Michael Irving June 7, 2016 The old myth about goldfish having a three-second memory has already been thoroughly busted, but now researchers have provided more evidence of fish's recall abilities. They have discovered a species of tropical fish can distinguish one human face from another, which is something believed to requ..
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  • Enormous 'big bang' that caused a 'glow in the sky' created 230ft mystery crater

    Enormous 'big bang' that caused a 'glow in the sky' created 230ft mystery crater
    A "big bang" led to the formation of a mystery crater in Siberia and could be heard up to 60 miles away, it has been revealed. A local living in the remote permafrost Taimyr peninsula saw a "glow in the sky" after the explosion. The crater was first seen by reindeer herders who almost fell into it soon after the 2013 eruption. At the time it measured only 13 ft across, and was estimated as 325 ft deep - but now it has rapidly expanded and become a small lake. Today the diameter of this Derya..
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  • Spiders cover flooded Tasmanian trees in blankets of their sheer silk

    Spiders cover flooded Tasmanian trees in blankets of their sheer silk
    The silk filament from what appears to be thousands of spiders covering trees in flood-affected Westbury, 30km from Launceston in northern Tasmania (Image: Ken Puccetti) Floodwaters in Tasmania have led to thousands of tiny spiders evacuating their drenched nests and covering trees in translucent blankets of their silk filament. The phenomenon, known as spider "ballooning", involves small spiders throwing out silk filaments to ride the wind to higher ground. The spider "balloons" have been phot..
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  • Gorgeous 'Twilight Zone' Photo of Pluto May Show Cloud For First Time

    Gorgeous 'Twilight Zone' Photo of Pluto May Show Cloud For First Time
    NASA describes the new image of Pluto which showed rugged mountains, nitrogen ice plains and also a big cloud scudding through this exotic with the smallest planet which is known as “twilight zone” of Pluto. After the closest move towards Pluto, the NASA`s New Horizon spacecraft captured the photo on July 14th, 2015. This happens when the sun happens to move to the other side of the dwarf planet from probe`s perspective. The sunlight filters Pluto`s multiple layered atmosphere and lights up ..
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  • Bee demand drives need for hive health in Victoria

    Bee demand drives need for hive health in Victoria
    Bee demand drives need for hive health in Victoria Posted June 08, 2016 14:10:05 Bee and hive health is getting a new focus in Victoria with the appointment of the first bee biosecurity officer at Agriculture Victoria. It is estimated bee pollination contributes over $1 billion in value to Australian agricultural production every year, but bees are constantly at risk of disease and pests such as varroa mite. Biosecurity officer Jessica Hartland said her job would inv..
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  • Great Barrier Reef: Survey off Townsville finds increase in coral despite recent bleaching

    Great Barrier Reef: Survey off Townsville finds increase in coral despite recent bleaching
    Great Barrier Reef: Survey off Townsville finds increase in coral despite recent bleaching By David Chen Updated June 08, 2016 16:10:33 A survey of reefs off north Queensland has found an increase in the amount of coral despite the recent bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef.Scientists from Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) examined 12 reefs off the Townsville coast, between Northern Hinchinbrook and Cape Bowling Green.AIMS found 11 reefs had cont..
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