Recent news in Science and Engineering

A Reef Reborn - Coral Babies Fast-Tracking Reef’s Recovery
Thu, 6 Dec 2018
Last week’s deployment of the largest collaborative effort to regenerate a reef using millions of coral spawn has yielded promising results, which were announced today.

Microplastics found in all sea turtle species
Wed, 5 Dec 2018
Tests on more than 100 sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea have revealed microplastic in the gut of every single turtle – including off the coast of Queensland.

Friends matter in climate change response
Tue, 4 Dec 2018
A James Cook University scientist is investigating how people’s social networks prompt them to take action on climate change - or discourage them from doing so – in an attempt to help communities and government adapt in response to calamitous predictions of global warming.

Experts: New highways will drive environmental and social calamities in New Guinea
Mon, 3 Dec 2018
An Indonesian plan to crisscross the western half of New Guinea with new highways has “red flags all over it,” according to a research team from James Cook University in Australia that has evaluated the costs and benefits of the project.

Biggest coral reseeding project as Great Barrier Reef spawns
Wed, 28 Nov 2018
The largest collaborative effort in history to regenerate a reef using millions of coral spawn begins this weekend off the coast of Cairns, Queensland.

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