Traces of outer space were the last thing on geologist Arthur Hickman’s mind as he trawled Google Earth’s satellite imagery, and yet, that’s exactly what he found
Conservation corners or places for leisure? Ecologists are calling for a radical rethink in how we manage these special places
Known as a ‘red tide’ by day, the microalgae Noctiluca scintillans, known as ‘sea sparkle’ emits a bioluminescent blue glow when disturbed at night. Over the last week, residents of Hobart, Tasmania, have been treated to a light show on the Derwent River, mostly around the South Arm Peninsula, as the dinoflagellate bloom has washed ashore. The bloom can be deadly to fish if it accumulates and gives off ammonia as the microalgae die.
While there are about 100 earthquakes a day, many of them don’t cause much damage. Just what are earthquakes and what causes them?
From mining on asteroids to hotels in orbit, Fred Watson briefs us on the economy that’s out of this world.
English teacher Lachlan Pollard ponders citizen science’s uses and abuses as he tries his hand at marine surveys
Nepal’s devastating earthquake was the latest result of an ancient continental collision that began around 50 million years ago
At a village community in the Solomon Islands, an international team of researchers is discovering the secrets of a malaria-transmitting mosquito that harbours a deadly secret weapon. who revel in the challenge of raw, unpredictable lines.
A voyage to volatile Heard Island by Antarctic veteran Grahame Budd stirs memories of adventures past and raises concerns of challenges to come.
Tasmania’s clean and green image is being put under the spotlight with Entropy 1, a collection of images from Tasmanian photographer Isla MacGregor, who’s had a 30-year fascination with the ‘conflicted zones’ of Tasmania’s West Coast. Isla’s images show how the uncontrolled mining of our past has left a weird and ravaged landscape and these images are beautiful and perverse at the same time. Her aim has been to bring another “truth to the art of photography of the Tasmanian landscape and the collision between human activities and our ecology.”