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Graham Readfearn

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Graham Readfearn is an environment reporter for Guardian Australia.

15 Articles

Currents of change seen in melting Antarctic ice

New research by Australian scientists suggests a 40 per cent slowdown in just three decades could alter the world’s climate for centuries.
Race Against Climate Change
News | April 12th 2023

Octopus DNA may reveal new clues about rising sea levels

The genes of a four-million-year-old octopus species hold memories from the melting of a previous Antarctic ice sheet, raising fears of what another thawing could bring.
Race Against Climate Change
News | February 15th 2023

Food, feed and fuel: Seaweed industry could cut land needed for farming by 110 million hectares

Scientists identify parts of the ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10 per cent of the human diet to reduce the impact of agriculture.
Race Against Climate Change
News | February 9th 2023

‘Extinction crisis’ of sharks and rays to have devastating effect on other species

Almost two-thirds of sharks and rays living on the world’s coral reefs are at risk, with 14 of 134 species deemed critically endangered.
State Of The Animal
News | February 3rd 2023

Calamity of ocean heating goes deeper than we thought

The rate of warming in the top two kilometres has doubled from levels in the 1960s, a review finds.
Race Against Climate Change
News | October 19th 2022

Logging, bushfires and global heating doing a number on greater gliders

The cat-sized nocturnal marsupials, which are unique to Australia, live in areas from north Queensland to central Victoria.
Race Against Climate Change
News | July 13th 2022

Climate impact of food pipeline three times greater than previously believed

Researchers estimate that carbon emissions from transporting food are about six per cent of the global total, with fruit and vegetables the largest contributor.
Race Against Climate Change
News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 27th 2022
Bleached Brain Coral,

Great Barrier Reef is not supposed to be white

Prof. Terry Hughes says he believes bleaching is under way as the Australian government conducts monitoring flights over 2,300-kilometre reef.
Race Against Climate Change
News | March 22nd 2022

Aussie spy agency saw climate crisis coming 40 years ago — and fretted about its coal cash

In a taste of things to come, a secret Office of National Assessment report worried the "carbon dioxide problem" would hurt the nation’s coal industry.
Race Against Climate Change
News | December 3rd 2021

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
News | June 9th 2021
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