Science & Environment Should we rethink national parks? …burn-research programs that have been going for 50 years, and vegetation at 600 sites is monitored three times a year. In comparison, Kakadu’s research programs are generally short term, ad…
History & Culture 40 years on: ingenious Tassie-made igloos are found all around the world …are helicoptered into a research site in Greenland. Image credit: supplied by Denise and David Holland Two of the igloos, purchased by New York University, are helicoptered into a research…
News In world first, scientists track eels’ mysterious route …able to reconstruct the migration route of the eels and also determine what’s happened to them along the way,” says Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research fish ecologist Wayne Koster,…
Travel Antarctica by air …offset through Carbon Neutral, a carbon solutions provider and carbon offset developer. During the flight we also participated in an auction to raise funds for polar research via the Antarctic…
Wildlife Outcast: the plight of the dingo …any dog has the potential to kill livestock,” says Greg Mifsud from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre. The National Wild Dog Action Plan (NWDAP), introduced in 2015 with the…
Science & Environment Herbaria bring centuries-old science into the digital age …care in methods of preserving them, these specimens are often in excellent condition more than 200 years after their collection and still able to be used productively in scientific research.…
News CSIRO begins testing COVID-19 vaccines …people. “Tackling disease and supporting better health outcomes takes a one-health approach,” Larry said. “In 2016 CSIRO created the Health and Biosecurity research group who work with our scientists at…
News Night parrot found in Martu country, WA …country to search for the birds, which are one of the rarest in the world (current estimates put the population at 50-250). Experts from the University of Queensland have been…
News Endangered sawfish battle crocodiles and sharks …sawfish are eaten or killed, but we know from the scarring on surviving sawfish that a lot of them are attacked,” said David. Previous research by David’s team has identified…
Science & Environment We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target …This article is adapted from a blog post that originally appeared here. Andrew King, Climate Extremes Research Fellow, University of Melbourne and Benjamin J. Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and…
