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Hailstorm forecasting set to improve with new data gathering project
Australia; QLD
The University of Queensland,Bureau of Meteorology,Queensland Farmer's Federation
Unbee-lievable: scientists trial unique solution for human-elephant conflict
Australia; International; NSW
The University of New South Wales
Pachyderm
Genome advancement puts better Wagyu marbling on the menu
Australia; SA
The University of Adelaide
Nature Communications
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Australia's Annual Climate Change Statement shows emissions dropping
Australia; NSW; SA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Songbird experts put superb fairy-wren danger call on the record
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA
Flinders University,Charles Sturt University,University of Vienna
Royal Society Open Science
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: New Environmental Laws to pass Senate
Australia; VIC
Farms could be our secret climate weapon
Australia; International; QLD
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Plant Physiology
A greener future for Earth through space exploration research
Australia; International; VIC; SA; WA
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia, NASA, USA, MELiSSA Foundation, France
New Phytologist
Mussels lift their weight in the CO₂ capture cycle
International
Station marine de Wimereux, Lille, France, Rhodes University, South Africa
Biology Letters
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: COP30 wraps up in Brazil with final agreement
Australia; NSW
Australian Science Media Centre
Little bettongs' dramatic nut-cracker performance
Australia; SA; WA
Flinders University,Curtin University
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Moo-ving the boundaries: New research evaluates virtual fences for use on NT cattle stations
Australia; QLD; NT
Charles Darwin University
New technique accurately predicts cannabis crop potency
Australia; International; SA
The University of Adelaide
Industrial Crops and Products
Improving reliable power supply to remote communities
Australia; NSW; SA
Flinders University,Macquarie University
Energies
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Libs dump net-zero
Australia; NSW; QLD; SA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Beyond food relief: Research calls for long-term, system-wide solutions to food insecurity
Australia; WA
Edith Cowan University,The University of Western Australia,Curtin University
Agriculture and Human Values
Briefing
NEWS BRIEFING: Global carbon emissions up again in 2025
Australia; International; ACT
CSIRO
Global Carbon Budget 2025
Briefing
BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Meet the Aussie experts tackling wildlife and environmental crime
Australia; SA
The University of Adelaide,Wildlife Crime Research Hub
Cotton trash to treasure: Project using waste to grow new mushroom industry
Australia; NT
Charles Darwin University
Cane toads approaching the Pilbara could have devastating impact
Australia; WA
Curtin University
Scientific Reports
Here’s the crunch: Soil health in organic orchards isn’t so different
Australia; SA
Flinders University,CSIRO,The University of Adelaide
Applied Soil Ecology
Briefing
BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Bloomin' Algae! The latest science behind the SA algal bloom
Australia; International; NSW; SA
Australian Science Media Centre
Prepint (BioRchiv)
Access to green spaces is linked with fewer mental health hospitalisations, but not in Australia
Australia; New Zealand; International
Monash University,University of Otago
The BMJ
Tropical cyclones likely to lead to greater health impacts as the world warms, with poorest countries hit hardest
Australia; New Zealand; International
Monash University,University of Otago,Capital Medical University, China
The BMJ
How can firefighters stay safe from the impacts of bushfire smoke?
Australia; NSW; VIC; WA
University of Wollongong,Edith Cowan University,Natural Hazards Research Australia
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Synthetic biology to supercharge photosynthesis in crops
Australia; NSW
The University of Sydney,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB)
Nature Communications
Deciphering the key traits of oats in a new pangenome project
Australia; WA
Murdoch University,Western Australian Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development, The Western Crop Genetics Alliance, IPK Leibniz Institute
Nature
Humanity is moving more over Earth than all wild land animals combined
International
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Nature Ecology & Evolution + Nature Communications
Gene responsible for wheat variety with three ovaries
Australia; NSW; SA
The University of Adelaide,The University of Sydney
PNAS
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Scientists respond to Labor's Environmental Protection Reform Bill
Australia; VIC; QLD; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Traffic noise joins land clearance as damaging to bird survival
Australia; SA
Flinders University,University of Vienna
International Journal of Avian Science
Americans could slash their meat emissions without eating less meat
International
University of Michigan, USA
Nature Climate Change
Revising greenhouse gas emissions for tropical inland waters
Australia; NT
Charles Darwin University,Southern Cross University
Nature Water
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
Outfoxed: Research reveals Australia’s rapid red fox invasion
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; WA
Curtin University
Diversity and Distributions
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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