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9 Jun 2020
We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less often
Snow was once a regular feature of the southern Australian climate, but it has become less common because of climate change.
9 Jun 2020
Love the parasite you're with - the entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens
In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.
21 May 2020
After the bushfires, we helped choose the animals and plants in most need. Here’s how we did it
No other event in our lifetimes has brought such sudden, drastic loss to Australia’s biodiversity as the last bushfire season. Governments, researchers and conservationists have committed to the long road to recovery. But in those vast burnt landscapes, where do we start?
20 May 2020
It's official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River
A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes.
20 May 2020
Researchers use 'pre-prints' to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire
What is a pre-print and how should we be using them?
14 May 2020
One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine
We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife, but pet cats are wreaking havoc too.
7 May 2020
Isaac Newton invented calculus in self-isolation during the Great Plague. He didn't have kids to look after
The COVID-19 pandemic offers the opportunity for a fundamental rethink of what we consider normal. One of these areas is academia.
18 Apr 2020
Nature is my happy place and I watched it burn. Now I need nature more than ever.
How does it feel when your 'happy place' is razed in the summer fires? And where do you go to from there?
8 Apr 2020
5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus
The climate crisis has been ticking along in the background. Here's what you've missed.
7 Apr 2020
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction
Earth is heading for another mass extinction – and human activity is to blame.
