Australia built a $187,000 electric fence across Wild Horse Plain, but the real reason lies beneath one of its rarest alpine wetlands

A new electrified fence protects rare alpine wetlands in Kosciuszko National Park. This enclosure safeguards endangered ...
Phys.org

Trapped: Australia's extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms

We may not pay invertebrates much thought, but they're the workhorses of all ecosystems. Insects and other invertebrates do essential jobs such as pollinating plants, improving soils and controlling ...
The Conversation

EcoCheck: Australia’s Alps are cool, but the heat is on

Our EcoCheck series takes the pulse of some of Australia’s most important ecosystems to find out if they’re in good health or on the wane. Think of an Australian landscape and you’re unlikely to ...
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Australian alpine plants face bleak future from rapid climate change

Native Australian alpine plants may not be able to adapt or migrate quickly enough to survive rapid changes in climate change, a UNSW study has found. The study of 21 plants from Kosciuszko National ...
The Conversation

Trapped: Australia’s extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms

We may not pay invertebrates much thought, but they’re the workhorses of all ecosystems. Insects and other invertebrates do essential jobs such as pollinating plants, improving soils and controlling ...