au-hotdailynews: 2015-06-30 Australia Science

'Community-oriented activity must to tackle climate change'
Financial Express
Expressing concern over the scale and frequency of disasters taking place globally, experts today said the world is at an "important stage" to deal with climate change and laid stress on "very strong" community- oriented activity to tackle the issue.
Climate change plans require urgent action, warn MPs   BBC News
Climate change consensus: what it means for investors   The Australian Financial Review
Britain Must Give More Incentives for Clean Energy, Adviser Says   Bloomberg
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100 billion reasons a global climate pact may fall apart
Sydney Morning Herald
The richest nations still haven't convinced the rest of the world they're willing to pick up the tab to help curb climate change, diplomats warned at a United Nations conference Monday. With five months to go before a critical conference that's ...
Ki-Moon: 'Negotiations moving at a snail's pace'   WA today
Pace of climate talks far too slow   News24
100 Billion Reasons a Global Climate-Change Deal May Fall Apart   Bloomberg
The Local.no
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SpaceX launch schedule in tatters after Falcon rocket explosion
Sydney Morning Herald
SpaceX is searching for what destroyed its Falcon 9 rocket after liftoff over the weekend, leaving customers still loyal but unsure when their satellites might fly. The privately-held company, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk ...
National Security After the SpaceX Explosion   Wall Street Journal
Now comes the SpaceX rocket whodunit: A complex mystery   Washington Post
SpaceX explodes minutes after launch   The Hindu
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Queensland minister says green groups forced radical shift on Great Barrier Reef
The Guardian
A satellite view of the Great Barrier Reef. Steven Miles and Greg Hunt are travelling to Germany this week for a final UN decision on whether the reef should be declared in danger. Photograph: DigitalGlobe/Getty Images. Joshua Robertson. Monday 29 June ...

Protection urged for Barrier Reef coral   Sky News Australia
Storm clouds gather as Unesco considers Great Barrier Reef's status   Malay Mail Online
Australia keeps fingers crossed UNESCO won't blacklist Great Barrier Reef   Saudi Gazette
The Australian
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Babbler birds use primitive language to communicate with meaning, study shows
ABC Online
A bird in the Australian outback is communicating in a way previously attributed only to humans, a study shows. The study published in the journal PLOS biology found the chestnut-crowned babbler was able to string together sounds and mix them up in ...
Babbler birds 'convey meaning'   Irish Independent
Key element of human language discovered in Australian bird   Science a Gogo
Chestnut-crowned babbler: Australian bird becomes first known non-human ...   The Independent
Malay Mail Online
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Explainer: Who were the first Australians?
ABC Online
The Bradshaw rock paintings, or the Gwion Gwion figures, found in the north-west Kimberly region of West Australia have in the past been used to argue that Indigenous Australians were not the first Australians. Archaeologists claimed these paintings ...
FactCheck: might there have been people in Australia prior to Aboriginal people?   The Conversation AU

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Military-esque fire ant mission in Qld
SBS
Queensland biosecurity officers will use refined US-military technology to hone in on fire ant colonies after a huge increase in reports from the public. Source: AAP. 29 Jun 2015 - 10:37 AM UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO. 0. 0. Share. Facebook Twitter Email
What is it? Ants   Prescott eNews
Watch Out For Fire Ants This Year -- It's Going To Be A Bad One   BlogHer (blog)

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