Graham Readfearn @readfearn RSS feed Graham Readfearn is an environment reporter for Guardian Australia.
Could piling on crushed rocks save the Great Barrier Reef? Scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization found it was theoretically possible to turn back the clock on the effect of decades of fossil fuel burning, but the radical step came with “as yet unquantified risks.” Race Against Climate Change By Graham Readfearn | News | June 9th 2021
This sea slug can lop off its own head and grow a new body The disembodied head of the sacoglossan sea slug feasts on algae while its old body decomposes, and a new one grows. State Of The Animal By Graham Readfearn | News | March 12th 2021
The future's too warm for baby sharks Weaker sharks are less effective hunters, which can upset the balance of the ecosystem, say the authors of a study into the impacts of hotter oceans. Race Against Climate Change By Graham Readfearn | News | January 15th 2021
380 whales dead in worst mass stranding in Australia's history More than 450 long-finned pilot whales became stranded in harbour in Tasmania with rescuers managing to save about 50 State Of The Animal By Graham Readfearn | News, Politics | September 28th 2020
Australia needs 'fast-attack strategies' to stop megafires forming, bushfire experts say Group of former fire and emergency services leaders tell bushfire royal commission rapid detection technologies are vital Race Against Climate Change By Graham Readfearn | News
More than 80% of Indian Ocean dolphins may have been killed by commercial fishing An estimated 4m small cetaceans caught as by-catch in commercial tuna fishing nets since 1950, researchers say State Of The Animal By Graham Readfearn | News | March 5th 2020
