You might know the short-tailed shearwater and sable shearwater by the common name “muttonbirds”. These two species of seabird breed on islands off southeastern Australia. Both undertake a breathtaking two-week, non-stop flight across the Pacific to the Bering Sea, more than 10,000 km away near Alaska and Russia. Here, they spend the northern summer. Shearwaters … Read more
Deep inside Darwin’s high-security prison, Indonesian fisherman Dora Hamidun recounts the horrors of a deadly crocodile attack and tropical storm on her journey to Australia. He is a repeat offender who was caught illegally fishing 11 times in Australian waters over 20 years and is currently serving a four-month prison sentence. Despite the results, Dora … Read more
Is this how a national plan to reduce climate pollution works? Australian government data released this week shows emissions from Australia’s coal mines rose in the last financial year. Approximately 80% of coal mines were emitting amounts into the atmosphere that exceeded government-imposed limits. The overall increase is relatively small, about 0.5%. But it comes … Read more