As Australia's giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we're racing to preserve their vital genetic data
Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as ...
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Tropical plants discovered in Tasmania's ancient Polar Forest
New remains of a 53-million-year-old polar forest have ... Harbor in western Tasmania, unveiling previously unknown ancestral origins of rainforest plants in the southern polar region.
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The Southern Ocean - Sunken Valley, South West Tasmania
The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without ... In a remote south-western corner of Tasmania is the pristine 'sunken valley'. This unusual estuarine system within the areas of Port Davey ...
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Researchers Uncover the Oldest Record of Humans Using Fire in Tasmania, Almost 2,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Known
Today, the island of Tasmania lies across the Bass Strait from southern Australia ... fire to shape and modify Tasmania’s dense and wet forest. By analyzing sediment cores—long, cylindrical ...
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Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania
Early human migrations from Africa to the southern ... wet forest for their own use—as indicated by a sudden increase in charcoal accumulated in ancient mud 41,600 years ago. Tasmania currently ...
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Protesters rally in Hobart to end native forest logging
“Native forest logging has destroyed large tracts of Tasmania’s globally significant forests, and it must end immediately,” Dr Brown said. “Right now, habitat for the critically endangered ...