Hot Topics Catalogue

This catalogue lists all past Hot Topics, organised by date (newest to oldest). Click on the link to see the full Hot Topic.

Wind turbines kill bats, but they don’t have to. Date: June 10, 2024.

 

The risks and rewards of using artifical habitat structures for wildlife conservation. Date: August 23, 2023.

 

Developing conservoltaic systems to support biodiversity on solar farms. Date: July 17, 2023.

 

Kangaroo grass is a keystone species for ecological fire management. Date: February 8, 2023.

 

Detection dogs provide a powerful method for conservation surveys. Date: April 7, 2022.

 

Mitigating fire risk through prescribed burning. Date: March 5, 2021.

 

The impacts of heatwaves on Australia’s wildlife. Date: December 8, 2020.

 

Ongoing destruction of critical rock habitat threatens biodiversity. Date: July 10, 2020.

 

The ecological, ethical and economic evidence for removing feral horses from Australia’s alpine environments. Date: July 2, 2020.

 

Australia’s species extinction crisis in numbers: 2019. Date: December 23, 2019.

 

The impacts of artificial light on marine turtles. Date: December 13, 2019.

 

Amphibian chytrid fungus: impacts on Australian frogs and ongoing conservation challenges. Date: November 1, 2019.

 

Removal of critical rock habitat threatens biodiversity. Date: August 22, 2019.

 

Getting the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track. Date: May 18, 2019.

 

Demise of the dingo. Date: March 28, 2019.

 

Fire-driven loss of obligate seeder forests in the Alps. Date: October 17, 2018.

 

Full ecological impacts of resource development. Date: March 26, 2018.

 

Feral horses in Australia. Date: March 26, 2018.

 

Weed risk set to rise. Date: March 25, 2018.

 

Digging deep for biodiversity. Date: January 18, 2018.

 

What does the Paris agreement mean for Australia’s ecosystems? Date: December 10, 2017.

 

A drop in the ocean: marine fish releases in Australia. Date: November 10, 2017.

 

Ecological impacts of invasive cane toads. Date: October 20, 2017.

 

Regional Forest Agreements fail to meet their aims. Date: September 5, 2017.

 

Australia’s Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests need attention. Date: May 10, 2017.

 

Glyphosate herbicide: is it as safe as we thought?. Date: May 10, 2017.

 

Managing fire for plant and animal conservation. Date: November 25, 2016.

 

The impact of feral cats on Australian biodiversity. Date: May 8, 2016.

 

Managing tensions around urban flying-fox roosts. Date: December 20, 2015.

 

Climate change: Alpine shrubs as ecosystems engineers. Date: December 15, 2015.

 

At high densities kangaroo grazing can reduce biodiversity. Date: December 10, 2015.

 

Climate Change: Trees under pressure. Date: November 30, 2015.

 

Climate Change. Marine range shifts in SE Australia. Date: November 30, 2015.

 

Northern Australia’s vanishing mammals. Date: November 12, 2015.

 

Invader from the dark side. Date: November 10, 2015.

 

Climate change: alters plant recruitment from seed. Date: October 20, 2015.

 

Climate change: underwater forest decline. Date: October 8, 2015.

 

Forgotten pollinators. Date: September 12, 2014.

 

Tipping Point for Cockatoos in Perth. Date: March 7, 2014.

 

Burning giants in the tropics. Date: December 3, 2013.

 

Alpine grazing: does it reduce blazing? Date: December 2, 2013.

 

WA State Barrier Fence. Date: October 31, 2013.