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How do climate experts feel about the future? We asked them

While it’s already too late to repair some of the damage caused by climate change, ANU researchers still believe in a sustainable future.

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Galah
Wed, 24 Jul 2024

While it’s already too late to repair some of the damage caused by climate change, ANU researchers still believe in a sustainable future.

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Flooded streetscape including a house and street signs
Wed, 03 Jul 2024

While the prospect of relocation can be unsettling and traumatic for residents, it offers new opportunities and long-term benefits. But we must act now.

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Urban tree
Mon, 01 Jul 2024

The loss of large old trees has been a crisis for the many species of birds and other animals that depend on them for habitat. But replacing them with artificial structures is not easy.

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Cooling towers with smoke
Fri, 21 Jun 2024

The Coalition has announced a plan to replace Australia’s outgoing coal-fired power stations with nuclear reactors. But does it make sense?

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Two green parrots
Wed, 19 Jun 2024

These parrots were spotted applying chewed pepper tree bark and shoots to their feathers and skin during preening. What are they up to?

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Diagram of weather bridge between Australia and Antarctica
Fri, 14 Jun 2024

New research has reconstructed the past 2,000 years of southeast Australia’s bushfire weather, drawing on evidence of past climates laid down in changing patterns in deep ice in East Antarctica.

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Boys at a river
Mon, 03 Jun 2024

Climate scientists have long warned these days would come. The recent acceleration in warming means it’s happening sooner than we expected.

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Male fairy wren feeding a Horsfield's bronze cuckoo fledgling
Fri, 31 May 2024

In new research published in Science, biologists show how coevolution drives the creation of new species of cuckoos.

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Antarctica ice from above
Tue, 28 May 2024

This new research uses gravity-sensing satellites to track how changes in water storage on land can cause unexpected fluctuations in sea levels.

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