A UN report has calculated that three of Australia’s world heritage-listed marine sites have more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide locked in seagrass meadows, coastal mangroves and tidal marshes.

The Great Barrier Reef holds the biggest stocks of blue carbon across all the 50 world heritage marine sites.

Carbon becomes trapped in these marine parks over thousands of years but can be disturbed by the effects of climate change.

Another two Rio Tinto executives have resigned following the destruction of two Aboriginal sacred sites in western Australia last year.

Chairman Simon Thompson and Michael L'Estrange will step down, Mr. Thompson says he was ultimately responsible for the destruction.

 Mr L'Estrange led a widely discredited internal review of the incident that saw the Juukan Gorge heritage sites destroyed in blasts by the mining company to access iron ore in may last year.

Wild pigs are often listed as ecosystem destroyers, but a University of Queensland study has found they also cultivate biodiverse rainforests in their native habitats.

The researchers tagged more than 30,000 tree seedlings in a Malaysian rainforest and examined how tree diversity changed in the areas where pigs nested. 

Dr Matthew Luskin says their nests may be critical to maintaining diverse and balanced tree communities.

Protesters are taking streets in Myanmar to demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the iconic figure of the country, who’s detained under her house since the beginning of February.

Singapore PM Lee Hsein Loong says the military’s actions are an enormous step back for Myanmar.

The PM says the countries outside have very little influence on what Myanmar does, but China and extensively India has an impact on Myanmar.

An agricultural group called Monaro Farming Systems, associated with Energy Minister Angus Taylor's brother, has thanked the New South Wales Deputy Premier, John Barilaro for a one hundred and seven thousand dollar grant used to fund research to support efforts to water down protections of endangered grassland.

Mr Taylor has previously come under fire for approaching the then environment Minister, Josh Frydenberg, to discuss the possibility of weakening native grassland protections.

Information from Queensland’s electoral roll could be used to locate and contact people about Covid-19 Vaccination arrangements.

The urgency of the vaccine rollout has prompted a request to amend the Electoral Regulation to allow the Electoral Commission to hand over details including voters name, address, occupation and date of birth to Queensland Health.

Environmental activist, Ben Pennings, will continue in Queensland's supreme court after yesterday’s appearance against Adani lawyers.

Mr. Pennings told 4ZZZ “I am very pleased with how my legal team handled an intense day in supreme court. 

The judge reserved her decision until a later date and I hope to be able to defend the case with all the evidence before me”

Western Queensland farmers are destocking for the second year in a row after large numbers of grasshoppers destroyed their paddocks.

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli says the state government must put the grasshopper affected areas in similar support structures to fire and drought.

He visited the northern part of Longreach, and walked paddocks where farmer’s are already struggling by severe drought. 

Former Senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his bid to overturn a ruling that he defamed Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.

The Federal Court found Mr Leyonhjelm defamed Senator Hanson-Young by suggesting she was a misandrist and a hypocrite in Parliament and in media interviews in 2018.

Senator Hanson-Young was awarded one hundred and twenty thousand dollars in compensation, which she pledged would go to charity.

Victoria will hold a state funeral for Australian music legend Michael Gudinski after his unexpected death this week.

Music producer Michael Gudinski began Mushroom records in 1972 and helped launch the careers of many Australian artists, including Archie Roach.

Mr Gudinski died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Melbourne, aged 68.