Aussie Enviro

Reminds me of @Zagorath@aussie.zone article they shared on Unapproved Rewilders.

They're right when they say these projects are like a service, or stewardship of the land.

Scientists have warned that extreme rains could become more common in eastern Australia, following heavy downpours from May 19-23 that caused widespread flooding, claimed five lives and left some 50,000 people stranded.

archived (Wayback Machine):

• Mongabay article
• analysis cited

Co-author Kimberley Reid, from the University of Melbourne, said, “We do know that ongoing reliance on fossil fuels — whether burned or exported — will only make weather events more dangerous in Australia.”

That's only part of the problem.

South Australian beaches have been awash with foamy, discoloured water and dead marine life for months. The problem hasn’t gone away; it has spread.

This bloom represents a stark warning to coastal communities, as well as tourism, seafood and aquaculture industries. It’s a sign of what’s to come, in Australia and around the world, as the oceans warm.

“I’ve seen a fair bit of death and destruction, but Rowley Shoals was always the place that was still standing,” says Dr James Gilmour, a research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

“Just the sheer abundance of life is incredible. It was our hope spot. It’s the reef I love more than any other. So this was super emotional.”

On the back of a massive ocean heatwave

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/fast-running-out-of-time-to-turn-the-tide-australia-at-sea-in-vast-marine-heatwave-20250605-p5m53o.html

Thanks ALP and LNP voters for giving up and enabling the destruction to continue for a brief moment of GHG emissions flatulence

Goals:

Financial sustainability:

We live within our means, and we grow our capacity.

Environmental sustainability:

We aim to achieve net zero emissions by 2045 to reduce the impact of climate change on the health of our community. We always aim to improve the value of our services.

We apply evidence to improve care. Right care, right time, right place, right way.

Outcomes:

Environmental:

Total reduction in emissions was estimated to be 906 kg CO2-e per year.

Financial:

Annual savings from the reduced number of tests were estimated to be around $885,000, based on a comparison of test numbers in April 2023 to April 2024. In addition, staff time for testing was reduced by around 726 hours per year, or around 91 eight-hour shifts. Assuming an average hourly rate of $50 this added a further $36,000 to the annual financial savings.

Patient care:

No adverse events were identified.

archived (Wayback Machine):

• phys.org article
• research cited

Hobart's River Derwent and other south-east Tasmanian waterways have experienced some extraordinary marine events since December: jellyfish population explosions, toxic algal blooms, wild shellfish health alerts, and mass salmon and sardine deaths.

Toxic industries abound in Tassie

In short:

Cameras in Kosciuszko National Park have captured a sighting of a Leadbeater's possum in NSW, where it was thought to be extinct.

Forest ecologist David Lindenmayer says the population is likely a new subspecies of the critically endangered mammal.

What's next?

Professor Lindenmayer says more surveys will be done and genetic sequencing will paint a picture of the population's past.

Full report: https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2025/

In short:

Murray-Darling carpet python populations in South Australia have declined due to loss of habitat and predation.

Trials using conservation detection dogs to find the snakes in the Riverland have so far had positive results.

What's next?

The trials are expected to continue towards the end of the year once the weather warms up.

Lawns suck. But what if they could be better? In this episode I hope to express my absolute disdain for the masochist's meadow, and make the argument for why building back native habitat is not just good for our wildlife, but us humies too.

Phillipa's Paper on road verge insect biodiversity: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30155075

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22612622

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22612621

A mysterious, brown foam appeared on a beach an hour south of Adelaide. It was just the beginning of a toxic algal bloom that has now grown to thousands of square kilometres in size, killing precious sea life in its wake. Experts say it could be a sign of things to come.

The blame was placed on an “ongoing marine heatwave” which had seen water temperatures 2.5 degrees Celsius warmer than usual.

I wonder what prciptated the marine heatwave /s

On Kangaroo Island, which reported its first fish kills in March, some beaches were so littered with dead sea life, the smell was overpowering.