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Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History However, the cultural heritage of the Wet Tropics isn’t recognised or celebrated with quite the same gusto, with the world heritage listing failing to acknowledge the rich, ongoing significance of Aboriginal culture. Our recent paper assessed existing archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and historical evidence. And we showed the diverse ways these forests are globally significant – not just for their ecological heritage, but also for preserving traces of millennia of human activities. But there’s much sco...

Australians should see the rainforest as a cultural landscape – one that has been managed and maintained by people, rather than just a relic unchanged since the dinosaurs.

Roads shut as rainfall set to break records Cairns Airport is set to break its single-day April rainfall record and several roads have been closed as more heavy rain tumbles down. Weather 20th Apr 2021 4:47 PM Premium Content Subscriber only CAIRNS Airport is looking likely to break its single-day April rainfall record, currently set in 1984 with 185.8mm. The Bureau of Meteorology advised Cairns Airport had received 194mm between 9am Monday and 8.30am Tuesday, and that it would be "hard to suggest" the record hadn't already been broken, but the data needed ...

Abstract Agriculture within the Great Barrier Reef catchment area has contributed to pesticide contamination of adjacent freshwater ecosystems that flow into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. A novel multispecies toxicity test was used to assess the toxicity of diuron and hexazinone, 2 herbicides commonly detected within the Great Barrier Reef catchment area, to a community of 3 tropical freshwater microalgae: Monoraphidium arcuatum, Nannochloropsis-like sp., and Pediastrum duplex. Diuron was the most toxic herbicide, with 10% inhibition concentration (IC10) values of 4.3, 7.1, and ...

Popular white-water rafting attraction in far North Queensland hoping for rebound05/02/2021|3min A popular white-water rafting business operating on the Tully River in Far North Queensland is hoping for a rebound after going under because of the pandemic. Cairns Adventure Group Owner Roderic Rees bought Raging Thunder Adventures in November 2020 and plans to reopen the business by Easter in time for the school holidays. “Yes, it’s a bold move, but sometimes fortune favours the bold decision, so I’m having a red-hot crack at it,” Mr Rees said. Favourite