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We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat

  • Written by Craig Nitschke, Associate Professor - Forest and Landscape Dynamics, University of Melbourne
We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threatRohan Clarke, Author provided

The Federal Court recently ruled that a timber harvesting company couldn’t log potential habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum.

This decision led to the immediate protection of more Leadbeater’s possum habitat and will lead to further habitat set aside over the next ten years as nati...

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why do we have boogers?

  • Written by Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Bond University
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Why do we have boogers in our nose? – Tia, aged 6

why do we have boogers?

Great question, Tia!

Boogers, snot, bogeys and boogies are the common names for dried nasal mucus. Our nasal mucus is normally a clear, runny substance. However, as it moves closer to the surface of our nose it loses moisture to the air, dries out, and starts to harden.

W...

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the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble

  • Written by Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of COVID-19, but its economic impact has been devastating. With the tourism tap turned off, unemployment has soared while GDP has plummeted.

In recent weeks, Fiji Airways laid off 775 employees and souvenir business Jack’s of Fiji laid off 500. In Vanuatu 70%...

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Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll

  • Written by Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19. This is on top of around 615,000 children whose families were already dealing with employment stress, whose situation may have worsened.

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show 2.7...

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