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The forgotten climate change crises

March 2019

  • Australian native grass at sunset

    Our wide brown land
    Endangered grasslands may be lifeline in face of climate change

    Temperate grasslands are home to diverse flora and fauna but they are in decline because of land clearing and our lack of concern
  • Eucalyptus forest, Middle Brother Mountain State Forest and National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

    Our wide brown land
    'Whole thing is unravelling': climate change reshaping Australia's forests

    Droughts, heatwaves, bushfires and rising temperatures are driving ecosystems towards collapse
    • Our wide brown land
      Climate change puts additional pressure on vulnerable frogs

    • Our wide brown land
      Australia's marine heatwaves provide a glimpse of the new ecological order

    • Our wide brown land
      Out of sight, out of luck: the hidden victims of Australia’s deadly heatwaves

February 2019

  • This undated handout photo received from Zoos Australia on May 4, 2015 shows an Australian Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus), an unusual creature thought extinct until 1966 at the Healesville Sanctuary in the state of Victoria. Australia announced on May 4, 2015 that it will send a fine woollen blanket embroidered with yellow flowers to Britain’s new princess, but the royal baby will also be honoured with a more unusual gift -- support for the rare possum in which the Australian government will also donate Aus$10,000 (US$7,826) to the Victorian state wildlife sanctuary to support the important work it is doing for the Mountain Pygmy-possum. AFP PHOTO / ZOOS VICTORIA ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / ZOOS VICTORIA” - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVESZOOS VICTORIA/AFP/Getty Images

    Our wide brown land
    Decline in bogong moth numbers leaves mountain pygmy possums starving

    Exclusive: climate change linked to ‘astonishing’ drop in Australian moth numbers, the key food source for possums while breeding
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