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Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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A man standing next to a blackboard, with maths equations on it
Tuesday, 15 Mar 2022
  • Academic profile

Professor Neeman has solved two open problems in mathematics which have, for the past 20 years, thwarted the efforts of the best algebraists in the world.

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Thursday, 10 Mar 2022
  • Media release

A scientist whose research has shed light on how gold forms in hot springs around volcanoes is one of four researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) to receive honours from the Australian Academy of Science today.

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A small monkey with a blueish coloured face. It looks concerned.
Thursday, 10 Mar 2022
  • Media release

Researchers have uncovered that undescribed, or recently described species, face a higher risk of extinction compared to known species, adding another layer to the already developing biodiversity crisis.

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Tuesday, 08 Mar 2022
  • Media release

A new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) rolls back the curtain on half a century of evidence detailing the impact of climate change on more than 60 different bird species.

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Someone holding a red umbrella in the rain
Monday, 07 Mar 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

At any one time, Earth’s atmosphere holds only about a week’s worth of rain. But rainfall and floods have devastated Australia’s eastern regions for weeks and more heavy rain is forecast. So where’s all this water coming from?

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Two people look at computerised scientific instruments
Tuesday, 01 Mar 2022
  • Media release

Distinguished Professor Susan Scott, a pioneering physicist at ANU, is the first Australian to be appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Classical and Quantum Gravity.

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Dr Ruth Morgan stands next to a large tree
Monday, 28 Feb 2022
  • Media release

Climate change is affecting every region in the world, almost every sector, and people in both urban and rural settings, authors of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warn.

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Dry lake bed
Monday, 28 Feb 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

Even if we manage to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5℃ this century, we will still see profound impacts to billions of people on every continent and in every sector, and the window to adapt is narrowing quickly. These are among the disturbing findings of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Parliament house building blanketed in thick orange smoke
Monday, 28 Feb 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

As climate change intensifies, we are now seeing cascading and compounding impacts and risks, including where extreme events coincide. These are placing even greater pressure on our ability to respond.

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