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Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?
New research suggests southern Australia may experience longer and more frequent droughts in the future, as the climate changes.
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A technique known as “enhanced rock weathering” promises to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. But it’s crucial to be able to measure how much CO₂ is captured.
Pumped hydro and batteries can easily provide all the storage needed for 100% renewable electricity generation, eliminating the need for polluting gas power plants.
The energy stored in an atom can be released in two main ways: fission or fusion. Nuclear physicist, Professor Matthew Hole explains the difference between the two.
Since colonisation cultural burning in the Great Sandy Desert ended. Now the work of caring for desert country (pirra) with fire (jungku, or warlu) has begun again.
Everybody wants to start a podcast these days – even AI. What does this mean for the future of science communication?
What can we learn from the Joker character about our cultural fascination with duplication and disintegration?
Much mystery still surrounds Pluto and its moons. But in new research published in Nature Communications researchers announced they’ve found carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon.
For many years, scientists have been working with Indigenous people in the desert to record these observations in a systematic way. New research collates this data.