environment Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/environment/ Lord Howe Island's independent online newspaper Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:37:14 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-LHI-Signal-Favicon-3-800-32x32.png environment Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/tag/environment/ 32 32 Visit by Greenpeace https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/visit-by-greenpeace/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/visit-by-greenpeace/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2024 23:34:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170349 Greenpeace Australia Pacific recently visited Lord Howe Island as part of its work to protect the global ocean, where the organisation aims to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/visit-by-greenpeace/feed/ 0 Extreme Low Tides for the Lord Howe Island https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/extreme-low-tides-for-the-lord-howe-island/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/extreme-low-tides-for-the-lord-howe-island/#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 00:13:00 +0000 https://arr.news/?p=169339 Lord Howe Island experienced extremely low tides – tens of centimetres lower than the published tidal predictions, which are based on calculations of astronomical movements of the sun and moon around the earth, creating gravitational pull on the world’s oceans.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/extreme-low-tides-for-the-lord-howe-island/feed/ 0 Unusual Bird Sightings in April https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-in-april/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-in-april/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 02:09:20 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=3433 A total of about 240 different birds have been recorded at Lord Howe Island, some only once, most likely blown from the mainland in stormy weather.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/unusual-bird-sightings-in-april/feed/ 0 Helicopter winch operations https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/helicopter-winch-operations-weed-eradication/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/helicopter-winch-operations-weed-eradication/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 02:56:37 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=385 Suzie Christensen. The first summer helicopter winch operation has concluded, with the Helitreck helicopter departing the Island Sunday, 10 December ... LHIB staff and external contractors successfully completed over 2,000 person hours of priority Weed Eradication Program

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/helicopter-winch-operations-weed-eradication/feed/ 0 20 years of captive care for Dryococelus australis https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/20-years-of-captive-care-for-dryococelus-australis/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/20-years-of-captive-care-for-dryococelus-australis/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 04:17:44 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=418 Rohan Cleave, Kate Pearce. A big thank you for hosting us on Lord Howe Island (LHI) in September, where we celebrated Threatened Species Day at the LHI Community School and a community event ... The LHI Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) is one of the world’s most critically endangered invertebrate species.

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