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Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change
Fri, 9 Nov 2018
Research co-led by a James Cook University professor suggests the Amazon rainforest is changing fast—but not fast enough to keep up with climate change.

“Robust” corals primed to resist coral bleaching
Fri, 2 Nov 2018
A world-first study has revealed that “robust” reef-building corals are the only known organisms in the animal kingdom to make one of the “essential” amino acids, which may make them less susceptible than other corals to global warming.

Getting to the bottom of 200,000 years of history
Thu, 25 Oct 2018
James Cook University scientists say they have now have a ‘tape recording of the past’ from beyond the last Ice Age, courtesy of a Northern Territory lagoon made famous by the movie Crocodile Dundee.

Fish give up the fight after coral bleaching
Tue, 23 Oct 2018
Researchers have found that when water temperatures heat up for corals, fish ‘tempers’ cool down, providing the first clear evidence of coral bleaching serving as a trigger for rapid change in reef fish behaviour.

Audit of unprecedented mangrove dieback
Fri, 12 Oct 2018
James Cook University scientists investigating an unprecedented mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria three years ago are surveying the area to see how well it has recovered – and the early signs aren’t good.

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