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Gulf mangrove dieback discovery
Thu, 28 Jul 2022
Breakthrough research by James Cook University scientists has solved the mystery of the catastrophic death of 40 million mangrove trees around the Gulf of Carpentaria in 2016 – and the discovery could help scientists predict, and possibly prevent, future events.

‘Groovy’ research unlocks secrets of wave energy
Fri, 22 Jul 2022
A structural feature unique to coral reefs across the world has been found to play a critical role in helping to slow waves down.

The double burden of climate change
Wed, 6 Jul 2022
A new study on the effects of climate change in five tropical countries has found fisheries are in more trouble than agriculture, and poor people are in the most danger.

On the trail of city art
Mon, 27 Jun 2022
James Cook University town planning students are tracking down and mapping public art in inner-city Cairns.

New climate change threat to tropical rainforests
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
A team from James Cook University and SkyRail in northern Australia has found climate change is boosting the flowering and fruiting of woody vines, or lianas in the Australian Wet Tropics, with potentially serious implications for rain forests as the tree-strangling parasites thrive.

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