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15 Sep 2023
For award-winning researcher Dr Joëlle Gergis, climate action is about protecting the people and places we love.
14 Sep 2023
Australia’s palm cockatoos are well-known for their unique love of drumming, but they don’t just have great rhythm – they also each have their own sense of...
8 Sep 2023
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan, experts explain how the plan could help prevent extinctions of...
6 Mar 2023
Sometimes research projects have outcomes you can’t anticipate, such as finding yourself on an Instagram Live, surprising local front page news articles, and...
12 Jan 2023
A first-of-its-kind report has been released by researchers led by The Australian National University. Global warming is changing the water cycle and causing...
15 Jun 2022
In the first major study of its kind, we travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes. While...
4 May 2022
The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of...
6 Apr 2022
This week’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns global warming is headed for dangerous levels unless greenhouse gas emissions...
23 Mar 2022
As coal-fired climate change makes bushfires in Australia worse, governments are ramping up hazard-reduction burning. But our new research shows the practice...
18 Feb 2022
Geoengineering could pose grave dangers, potentially worse than the warming it seeks to remedy. To understand the risks, we’ve undertaken a risk assessment of...
8 Feb 2022
In a study published Feb. 7, 2022, a team of climate scientists mapped out where vegetation is creating the highest fire risks across the western U.S. They...
14 Jan 2022
Less than 80 years ago, regent honeyeaters ruled Australia’s flowering gum forests, with huge raucous flocks roaming from Adelaide to Rockhampton. Now, there...