Frogs on front line of climate change
With climate action a theme of Earth Day 2020, a new research paper highlights the plight of some of the most at-risk species – and some […]
United stand to raise 1.5°C awareness
What do MPs and mayors, the heads of the Adelaide Festival, Fringe, and Emergency Services; dozens of students, and a bunch of scientists have in common? […]
People and climate led to megafauna extinction
The mystery of the role of people and climate in the fate of Australian megafauna might have been solved, in a newly published breakthrough study. ‘Megafauna’, giant […]
Child deaths in Africa could be prevented
Children under 5 years of age in Africa are much more likely to die than those in wealthy countries as a direct result of poor health […]
Environmental destruction in Africa raises questions
Africa is projected to be home to nearly 2.8 billion people by 2100, but rapid population growth will cause widespread environmental degradation unless effective family planning […]
Earliest maritime routes mapped from the north
New insights into how people first arrived in Australia have identified the most likely routes travelled by Aboriginal people tens of thousands of years ago. The […]
Koalas hang by a thread as forests shrink
Koala populations would once have stretched across the Australian continent, but have now shrunk to the point where we could lose them forever, according to new […]
Murray River habitat restoration increases native fish populations
Dubbed the ‘honeypot effect’ — a team of researchers from Flinders University and around Australia have shown that providing woody habitats, or ‘snags’, for native fish […]
IPCC undersells climate ’emergency’ – new study
The global climate change watchdog, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is using overly conservative language in its reporting – and therefore the threats are […]