Antarctica: Our Wild Southern Frontier

Just a stone’s throw across the Southern Ocean – well, a rather large stone’s throw, mind you – lies Antarctica. It’s our planet’s deep south, an ice-clad giant that has long fascinated Aussie explorers and scientists, and it’s practically on our doorstep, relatively speaking. For Australians, Antarctica isn’t some abstract, distant landmass. It’s our southern…

A group of penguins standing on a sheet of ice near water, with mountains draped in ice in the background, in Antarctica.

Eastern Mangroves Play Important Role in Combating Climate Change in Abu Dhabi

Last updated on July 21st, 2023 at 04:33 amAs the world’s climate changes, experts have said that mangroves have an increasinglyimportant role to play as carbon sinks and as protection against changes to sea levels. While mangroves are threatened by human activity — UNESCO said that they are disappearingup to five times as fast as…

lush mangroves with a blue sky reflecting off the water