News & events Opinion Read the latest opinion articles inspired by science. Stars, songlines and quoll spots: a Ngunnawal Night Tour at Mulligans Flat The Indigenous science and stories behind Mulligans Flat. Read the article - Any -Astronomy & AstrophysicsScience CommunicationPhysicsEarth & Marine SciencesEngineeringChemistryBiologyEnvironment & SustainabilityMathematics Fri, 21 Apr 2023 Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Murray are environmentally dubious. Here’s a better option The state and federal governments' Murray-Darling Basin Plan was intended to preserve environmental flows while allocating set volumes of water to farmers. But it’s not working properly. Read the article Thu, 30 Mar 2023 Torrents of Antarctic meltwater are slowing the currents that drive our vital ocean ‘overturning’ – and threaten its collapse New research, published today in the journal Nature, projects a slowing of the Antarctic overturning circulation and deep ocean warming over the next few decades. This could change our climate and marine environment in profound and potentially irreversible ways. Read the article Tue, 28 Mar 2023 2022 was a good year for nature in Australia – but three nasty problems remain A new report card on Australia’s environment reveals 2022 was a bumper year for our rivers and vegetation – but it wasn’t enough to reverse the long-term decline in plant and animal species. Read the article Tue, 21 Mar 2023 ‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel we can turn things around. Loosely, that’s the essence of today’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Read the article Tue, 14 Mar 2023 Orange-bellied parrot shows there’s more to saving endangered species than captive breeding Captive breeding of threatened species for release into the wild is an important conservation tool. But where threats to wild populations remain unresolved, this tool may not guarantee population recovery in the long term. Read the article Mon, 06 Mar 2023 When is a nature reserve not a nature reserve? When it’s already been burned and logged As we accelerate plans to protect more Australian habitat, we must watch for problems. Land with high conservation value must be prioritised for protection. Read the article Wed, 01 Mar 2023 Pill testing is coming to Queensland. Here’s what we can learn from programs overseas Queensland will become the second Australian jurisdiction to offer pill testing. This is likely to reduce the risk of people overdosing on both unexpected and high potency substances, as well as reducing illness and death from harmful additives and mixtures. Read the article Thu, 23 Feb 2023 Why Tasmania and Victoria dominate the list of Australia’s largest trees – and why these majestic giants are under threat Despite widespread land clearing, Australia still supports some of the biggest trees in the world, but we are at risk of losing them. Read the article Tue, 21 Feb 2023 Herding cats: councils’ efforts to protect wildlife from roaming pets are hampered by state laws On average, each roaming, hunting pet cat in Australia kills 40 native reptiles, 38 native birds and 32 native mammals per year. Read the article Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page › Last page »