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Peatlands’ ‘huge reservoir’ of carbon at risk of release

Australia; ACT The Australian National University,Cornell University Science
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High speed cameras capture snake bites in slow-mo

Australia; VIC; TAS Monash University Journal of Experimental Biology
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15 hours ago

EXPERT REACTION: Challenges and opportunities with Australia's critical minerals agreement

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
19 hours ago

New support to help community service organisations tackle social impacts of climate change

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
21 hours ago

Traffic noise joins land clearance as damaging to bird survival

Australia; SA Flinders University,University of Vienna International Journal of Avian Science
23 October 2025

Recycling batteries can both reduce emissions and be an economic win

Australia; New Zealand; International Beijing University of Technology, China Nature
23 October 2025

Some stony corals could have a chance of surviving climate change

International Smithsonian Institution, USA Nature
22 October 2025

Where should our conservation priorities lie?

Australia; International; VIC The University of Melbourne,Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, France PLOS Biology
22 October 2025

How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

Australia; SA Flinders University SLEEP
22 October 2025

Ancient giant sloths weren't slothing around

International Vanderbilt University, USA Royal Society Biology Letters
22 October 2025

Not hunters but collectors: the bone that challenges the ‘humans wiped out Australian megafauna’ theory

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne,Griffith University,Curtin University Royal Society Open Science
21 October 2025

Kākāpō evade superbugs for now

New Zealand University of Auckland,Department of Conservation,University of Otago,New Zealand Centre for Conservation Medicine Frontiers in Microbiology
21 October 2025

Kauri dieback forests have fewer beetles

New Zealand Scion NZ Journal of Ecology
21 October 2025

Americans could slash their meat emissions without eating less meat

International University of Michigan, USA Nature Climate Change
20 October 2025

Revising greenhouse gas emissions for tropical inland waters

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University,Southern Cross University Nature Water
17 October 2025

New insights into how salt gathers at common solvent surfaces

Australia; NSW; SA; ACT Flinders University,The University of Newcastle,The Australian National University,The University of New England,CSIRO Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
17 October 2025

Bat boxes could mean bye-bye bats during big heatwaves

Australia; International; NSW; VIC The University of Melbourne,The University of New England Journal of Experimental Biology
17 October 2025

Effects of extreme drought on vital plant ecosystems

Australia; International; NSW; WA Murdoch University,Western Sydney University,The University of Sydney,CSIRO Science
17 October 2025

Palm oil isn’t necessarily less sustainable than other oils, say conservationists

International Borneo Futures; IUCN Oil Crops Task Force; the University of Kent Cell Reports Sustainability
16 October 2025

The world's carbon dioxide levels hit a record high in 2024

International World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
16 October 2025

Climate change is fuelling extreme wildfire seasons across the Earth

Australia; VIC The University of Melbourne
16 October 2025

Australia’s rainforests first to switch from carbon sink to source

Australia; International; NSW; SA; ACT Western Sydney University,The University of Adelaide,The Australian National University,CSIRO,James Cook University Nature
15 October 2025

Clocking into the internal rhythm of wheat plants

Australia; VIC The University of Melbourne,CSIRO New Phytologist
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15 October 2025

Manta rays dive to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans

Australia; New Zealand; International; WA Murdoch University,University of Auckland,The University of Western Australia Frontiers in Marine Science
15 October 2025

30kph residential speed limit improves safety with little effect on travel times

Australia RMIT University Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research
14 October 2025

Outfoxed: Research reveals Australia’s rapid red fox invasion

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; WA Curtin University Diversity and Distributions
14 October 2025

Minty repellent keeps kea from eating poison

New Zealand Department of Conservation,Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research,Wildlife Surveillance Ltd, Wyndon Aviation Ltd, OSPRI NZ Journal of Ecology
13 October 2025

Generative AI could help climate sceptics engage with real climate science

International Tilburg University, The Netherlands Nature Climate Change
13 October 2025

‘Far from negligible’: New Australian fossil fuel site will have major impact on people and the planet

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT The Australian National University,The University of Adelaide,James Cook University,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne Climate Action
13 October 2025

Nanofiltration membranes most effective in tackling pharmaceutical pollution

International University of Sharjah Cleaner Water
11 October 2025

People who feel like they are doing a good job saving energy, save more energy

International Northern New Mexico College, USA, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Cell Reports Sustainability
11 October 2025

Citizen scientists called on to spot underwater flowers to help restore seagrass meadows

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales
10 October 2025

Native katipō outdone by invader in the spider Olympics

New Zealand University of Auckland,Massey University,Ecology New Zealand Limited Ecology and Evolution
10 October 2025

Young birds learn from older siblings, not their parents

Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University,Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Germany PLOS Biology
10 October 2025

Whose health will be worst affected by climate change in Aoteaora?

New Zealand University of Auckland,University of Oxford, UK New Zealand Medical Journal
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9 October 2025

EXPERT Q&A: Pacific climate adaptation research in focus

New Zealand; Pacific; International

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