Vulnerability to internal plumbing failure puts the tallest trees in rainforests at increased risk of death during drought, a study in the Amazon forests in Brazil has found.

Scientists drilling into the ocean floor have for the first time found out what happens when one tectonic plate first gets pushed under another.

Two years ago Jiansi and Jianzhen made a joint decision to leave China and move to Australia, to both study at ANU, and both in similar fields.