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We sampled 118 rivers and creeks before and after the Black Summer bushfires, searching for platypus DNA. Here’s what we found.

Australia’s beloved billabongs and waterholes are in danger of filling up with eroded soil from farms, leaving little room for the aquatic animals that depend on these vital drought refuges.

Binnies/Nicholas O’Dwyer JV on behalf of Louth County Council invite residents, businesses and all interested parties to attend a Public Consultation Day ...

Flooding is a major concern in scotland. some of the impacts, trains, scotrail say there is a major disruption across the network on the east. on the roads, lane closures and thats also on motorways. check before you travel and perhaps postpone because even as the rain turns lighter and patchier overnight, the rain will still work down those flooded river catchments. the flooding could get far worse before it gets better evening to saturday as the weather improves. over the weekend, more rain in...

Photos coming in from angus, which had been one of the worst hit areas along with aberdeenshire, perth and kinross as well. now, weve seen 140 millimetres of rain in places over the last 48 hours, and that rain has been causing big problems with flooding. weve seen around seven severe flood warnings being issued by the scottish environment protection agency. thats where flooding is expected and brings with it a significant threat to life. now, the rain continues to fall. the met office amber wea...

Pushing eastward through saturday night, clearing eastern areas on sunday and followed by a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers. by this stage cold weather is working on and we will probably start to see rain turned to snow across the tops of scottish mountains, something we havent seen much of this autumn. temperatures a little bit below average. a lot more rain to come into next week. the rain will be accompanied by a westerly wind so the north—eastern river catchments probably not seei...

Now, weve seen 140 millimetres of rain in places over the last 48 hours, and that rain has been causing big problems with flooding. weve seen around seven severe flood warnings being issued by the scottish environment protection agency. thats where flooding is expected and brings with it a significant threat to life. now, the rain continues to fall. the met office amber weather warning stays in force up until 9:00. after that, it will lapse. the rain will turn a little bit lighter and patchier. ...

The river catchments, so flooding is likely to get worse for some communities before things start to improve. scotrail are reporting major disruption on services in the east. weve seen several a—roads completely closed due to flooding as well. so check before you travel if you have plans. but probably a better idea is postpone journeys across eastern scotland if you can. now overnight the rain turns lighter and patchy. across scotland therell be a bit of light rain or drizzle coming each into ...

Minister Hackett announces the results of Call for new locally-led Farm and Community Biodiversity Initiatives • Approved projects spread across the whole country Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett today announced the results of an Open Call for Farm and Community Biodiversity Initiatives. 24 groups, of the 54 which responded to the Call, have been chosen to implement their projects over the next 18 months. Listing the pr...

Over 20 biodiversity projects awarded €3m in funding 2021-05-28