Marilyn Connell
@marilynjc.bsky.social
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Freshwater turtle conservation, Landcare, Churchill Fellow, nature.
Hugh Possingham is a great practical role model for standardised bird monitoring.
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about 1 month ago
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How many threatened species are waiting for Recovery plans??? An enormous task ahead IF govt actively undertakes this process.
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about 2 months ago
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The Conversation AUNZ
3 months ago
Research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world. đ Read the full story:
theconversation.com/butterf...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The attack on Australiaâs net zero target is reckless and gutless. Voters expect more than âintergenerational bastardryâ | Zoe Daniel
While Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack try to ditch the 43% net zero 2030 emissions target, Australiaâs net zero target for 2035 has not yet been set
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/27/the-attack-on-australias-net-zero-target-is-reckless-and-gutless-voters-expect-more-than-intergenerational-bastardry
4 months ago
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Who wouldâve thought???? Gotta love nature.
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4 months ago
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Thought provoking.
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4 months ago
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Biodiversity Council
4 months ago
Invertebrates, like bees, worms and spiders, play many vital functions in our ecosystems. But almost 1,000 Aussie invertebrates are threatened with extinction. We asked Assoc Prof Kate Umbers from Biodiversity Council and Invertebrates Australia how to help đ
#insects
#conservation
#CitizenScience
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Climate Science Breakthrough
6 months ago
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! đ€Ąđ±đ± Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate
#arresteddevelopment
#climatescience
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Big benefit of camera traps
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...
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First Leadbeaterâs possum detection in NSW shows importance of protecting big conservation areas | Biodiversity Council Australia
The Leadbeaterâs possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park near the Yarrangobilly Caves. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outs...
https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-leadbeater-s-possum-detection-in-nsw-shows-importance-of-protecting-big-conservation-areas
6 months ago
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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'My heart sank': Forest home to endangered gliders pegged to be logged
Three hours north of Brisbane, a group of greater gliders is living in a section of the St Mary State Forest set to be logged, despite them being a protected species.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/native-hardwood-logging-greater-glider-habitat-st-mary/105259148?utm_source=abc_news_app
6 months ago
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
6 months ago
We want to help demystify these vaccines and have put together this report to help address people questions about the technology
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Demystifying messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and debunking the myths â Independent SAGE
Independent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
https://independentsage.org/report/demystifying-messenger-rna-mrna-vaccines-and-debunking-the-myths/
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Here here.
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7 months ago
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Peter Gardner
7 months ago
Another gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in Australia
reneweconomy.com.au/another-giga...
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Another gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in Australia
Supernode battery will be the biggest in Australia after Queensland state owned generator signed massive new off take, despite governmentâs support of coal.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/another-gigawatt-hour-added-to-brisbane-battery-to-make-it-biggest-in-australia/
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It takes a community to help save
#threatenedspecies
. What a privilege to be part of.
#landcare
#turtle
#conservation
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7 months ago
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#Maryriver
experienced multiple high velocity major
#floods
in 2022. Impacts on
#threatenedspecies
#criticallyendangered
#Maryriverturtle
and
#environment
explored in new Podcast series
#Whatâsyourstory
open.spotify.com/episode/178B...
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Episode 3 - Marilyn Connell
What's Your Story? · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/178BVA0EDZv3rj6NJ8Hxjr?si=rm_brQmMQrSG53JEJszVTg
7 months ago
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Last Chance series by The Guardian - so many Australian fauna species in peril.
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7 months ago
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Lisa Cox
7 months ago
The next video in our Last Chance nature series is about the critically endangered far-eastern curlew and the people working to protect this amazing migratory shorebirdâs coastal habitat at Darwin harbour
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Endangered far eastern curlews, and the scientist standing up for them â video
Dr Amanda Lilleyman is defending the critically endangered migratory bird as residential and industrial development threatens to encroach on shorelines vital to its survival
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2025/apr/08/endangered-far-eastern-curlews-and-the-scientist-standing-up-for-them-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Saltwater crocs' feral pig diet may be changing NT waterways
A new study suggests nutrient-rich crocodile poop could be benefiting wetland vegetation in the Top End while predation pressure limits feral pig damage.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-12/saltwater-crocodile-poop-changing-nt-rivers-pig-diet/105033808
8 months ago
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If all that is being reported is true, itâs appalling. Surely animal cruelty is an additional problem. Is consumption of non Australian salmon increasing??
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8 months ago
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Anyne know what the purpose of this presumably a
#nestbox
is for??? Torrington national park, nr Tenterfield NSW.
#conservation
#wildlife
9 months ago
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#DynamicLagoons
Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Ramsar site.
9 months ago
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Unbelievable.
#Reconyx
#wildlifecamera
still operational despite being submerged for at least 6 consecutive days
#wildoz
11 months ago
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Rare event. 6 times in 114yrs of records, Mary River at Miva has exceeded 10m in Dec - twice this century incl today; river still rising. Dec matters as wild
#criticallyendangered
#MaryRiverturtle
embryos are incubating. Unprotected embryos wonât survive.
#wildoz
11 months ago
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Asbestos to force relocation of Queensland's Borumba Pumped Hydro camp - ABC News
The discovery of naturally occurring asbestos at concerning levels will force the relocation of a workers' camp at Borumba Pumped Hydro.
https://newsapp.abc.net.au/newsapp/104712742?utm_source=abc_news_app
11 months ago
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Concerning that
#iNaturalist
could get caught up in the social media legislationâŠ..
#wildoz
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12 months ago
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Acacia implexa, a beauty. Two small groups growing on Bruce Highway south of Tiaro - under 3hrs nth of Brisbane. Until I recorded it last week thereâd been no records between Sunshine Coast & Gladstone. How did it get missed?? Itâs not that itâs been hidden away in some remote area.
#wildoz
#acacia
12 months ago
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Fantastic fusion of science, creativity & communication.
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12 months ago
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Nice idea that seems to be working - anything to help conserve threatened turtle populations.
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about 1 year ago
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Borumba Dam purpose on is irrigation, potable water supply for Gympie & Noosa & environmental flows. Will LNP modify Borumba pumped hydro costing $14.2 billion - Snowy 2.0 current cost of $12 billion. Exploratory drilling 2.6km tunnel 400m below surface.
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Borumba Pumped Hydro Project | Queensland Hydro
The Borumba Pumped Hydro Project is a 2,000 MW pumped hydro energy storage system at Lake Borumba, located near Imbil southwest of Gympie.
https://qldhydro.com.au/projects/borumba/
about 1 year ago
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www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Good news story- some creative thinking required to replace decades of lost instream timber hollows.
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Mary River cod log trial an 'absolute dream come true' with endangered species already moving in
Using underwater endoscopes, researchers have already discreetly filmed the freshwater cod taking refuge in several of the new purpose-built habitats.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-10-30/endangered-species-mary-river-cod-habitat-creation/104519080
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