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4 September 2026

Patients diagnosed with lung cancer found to have more microplastic in their lungs

International University of Thessaly, Greece The European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress
4 September 2026

Climate risk is changing where banks lend – before disaster strikes

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales
4 September 2026

Could coral pro- and postbiotics help them survive heatwaves?

International King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudia Arabia Cell Reports
3 September 2026

Low-power lasers create water-repellent polymers and reflective coatings

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of Sydney,Adelaide University ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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3 September 2026

El Niño set to bring warmer spring to NZ and Australia

Australia; New Zealand; International World Meteorological Organisation
3 September 2026

Underwater sounds of volcanic tsunami could provide early warnings

New Zealand University of Auckland,University of Otago,AUT University Sciences Advances
3 September 2026

DNA testing shows what’s really in WA fish and chip shop ‘shark’ fillets

Australia; WA Murdoch University Marine and Freshwater Research
2 September 2026

RINGS around Antarctica: Global science team proposes large-scale surveys of entire Antarctic coast

Australia; VIC; TAS Monash University,Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS),Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) Reviews of Geophysics
2 September 2026

Would a birdsong by any other name be as tweet?

International University of Tübingen, Germany Frontiers in Bird Science
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2 September 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Quick action needed as the world is set to get hotter than we hoped

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; WA UN Environment Programme
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2 September 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, one week on

Australia; International; NSW; QLD; SA; WA Australian Science Media Centre
2 September 2026

PFAS pollutants could be altering fish behaviour

International University of Padua, Italy Royal Society Open Science
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2 September 2026

Habitat loss can leave a delayed mark on wildlife

International University of Leeds - UK Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2 September 2026

Warmer waters, pest species and habitat loss major threats to small, rare freshwater fish in Tropical North

Australia; QLD; WA Griffith University,The University of Western Australia,University of Canberra,James Cook University Pacific Conservation Biology
1 September 2026

4 hybrid gasoline blends with octane ratings of up to 102 developed

International University of Sharjah Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
1 September 2026

Aussie health recommendations to stay vigilant against bird flu

Australia Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID)
31 August 2026

Not tiger, not wolf: Tassie tiger’s skull reveals far different hunting style

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; TAS Flinders University,The University of Melbourne Nature Communications
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31 August 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Coral recovery time cut short by warming oceans

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; NSW; QLD; WA; TAS; ACT The University of New South Wales,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),The University of Western Australia,University of Tasmania,James Cook University,The Australian National University,The University of Queensland,CSIRO
28 August 2026

Temperature extremes may increase risk of heart failure hospitalisation

International Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA JACC
28 August 2026

Galápagos corals reveal El Niño may be intensifying as the planet warms

Pacific; International University of Michigan, US Science
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27 August 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD
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27 August 2026

Variation in NZ's tides could help understand coastal flooding

New Zealand; International Technische Universität München, Germany Nature - Communications Earth & Environment
27 August 2026

Tomatoes get flavour boost from green bin compost

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland npj Science of Food
27 August 2026

Feast over fasting: Migrating whales regularly feeding off Australia’s coast

Australia; NSW; VIC; TAS Griffith University,University of Tasmania Marine Mammal Science
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27 August 2026

Children facing more heat stress days due to climate change

Australia; New Zealand; International University of Waikato,Vrije Universiteit Brussel Science Advances
27 August 2026

Prettier butterflies get all the conservation attention while the rest are left out

International Universita` di Firenze, Italy Current Biology
27 August 2026

Electrically charged raindrops could be corroding metal with protective coatings

International Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany Nature
27 August 2026

Australia's lizards and snakes disappearing faster than previously thought

Australia; VIC Monash University Pacific Conservation Biology
26 August 2026

Sick bumblebees seek out medicinal nectar

International Royal Society Open Science
26 August 2026

What makes deadly bird flu spread between migrating birds, and on to poultry?

International University of Bern, Switzerland Royal Society Open Science
26 August 2026

Black summer bushfires did not convince sceptical Aussies that climate change is real

Australia; International; VIC; WA CSIRO,The University of Western Australia,The University of Melbourne,Lancaster University, UK Royal Society Open Science
26 August 2026

Snakebites may kill far more people every year than we thought

International Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK PLOS Medicine
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26 August 2026

How NZ could capture CO₂ in the ocean

New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi Royal Society Te Apārangi
26 August 2026

Moving turtle nests to save the eggs can have hidden consequences

Australia; NSW; QLD The University of New South Wales,The University of Queensland Marine Biology
26 August 2026

The missing plants that could transform cities for people and nature

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland BioScience
25 August 2026

Good news honey – habitat changes no deterrent for some Fijian native bees

Australia; Pacific; NSW; SA Flinders University,University of Wollongong,South Australian Museum Journal of Biogeography

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