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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

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
14 October 2025

Outfoxed: Research reveals Australia’s rapid red fox invasion

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; WA Curtin University Diversity and Distributions
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
Expert Reaction
9 October 2025

A step towards automated grapevine cane pruning

New Zealand University of Canterbury,University of Auckland,Lincoln Agritech Ltd, New Zealand Expert Systems with Applications
8 October 2025

Nature inspires tech to help recover trillions of dollars in critical resources

Australia; ACT The Australian National University Mine Closure 2025
7 October 2025

Nanotech allows fruit and veg to be scanned for Vitamin C

Australia; QLD Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN),The University of Queensland Food Chemistry
3 October 2025

Can the world move to a healthier diet for both us and the planet?

Australia; International; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,Monash University,Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany, EAT, Norway The Lancet
30 September 2025

How farming reshaped the animal world

Australia; NSW; TAS Macquarie University,University of Tasmania Biology Letters
30 September 2025

Antimicrobial-creating bacteria in pollen could protect our bees from disease

International Washington College, USA Frontiers in Microbiology
Expert Reaction
30 September 2025

EXPERT REACTION: High nitrate levels found in rural NZ drinking water

New Zealand GNS Science Science of The Total Environment
20 September 2025

Poorer communities felt the worst well-being impacts from Australia’s 2019–2020 Black Summer fires

Australia; ACT The Australian National University One Earth
19 September 2025

Consistent policy, not 'patchwork' regulations, recommended for the coexistence of crops

Australia; SA The University of Adelaide Griffith Law Review
19 September 2025

Increases in bushfires could lead to 1.4 million deaths annually by 2100

Australia; International CSIRO,Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA Nature
15 September 2025

Island haven for threatened koalas is a genetic ‘trap’ without intervention

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Australian Museum,The University of Sydney Molecular Ecology
Expert Reaction
15 September 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Australia's first national climate risk assessment warns climate hazards will get worse 

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA; TAS Australian Science Media Centre
9 September 2025

‘Personality’ test for saving trees from drought and climate change

Australia; SA; WA Flinders University,The University of Western Australia Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
5 September 2025

Go fish, go! Organic solutions for better aquaculture and ecosystems

Australia; SA Flinders University Ecological Indicators
3 September 2025

Sweet! Seven potential Aussie ‘health honeys’ found

Australia; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast Food Chemistry, Measurement: Food, Current Research in Food Science
2 September 2025

Using milk proteins to make a new bioplastic

Australia; International; SA Flinders University Polymers
29 August 2025

What does Australia's bushfire risk look like this spring?

Australia; VIC; SA; WA AFAC
28 August 2025

No consistency for wetlands conservation policy in the Murray Darling Basin

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; ACT The Australian National University Marine and Freshwater Research
Briefing
27 August 2025

BRIEFING: Ditching diesel - moving Aussie industry away from diesel fuel - ATSE report

Australia Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
26 August 2025

Planting seeds for the future

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
Expert Reaction
22 August 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Workers around the world at risk of harm from increasing heat stress

Australia; International; SA; ACT World Health Organization (WHO),World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
21 August 2025

Seaford Swamp near Melbourne wasn't always a freshwater site

Australia; VIC Federation University Australia,La Trobe University Marine and Freshwater Research
20 August 2025

Rare discovery: Teyl trapdoor spider found in Perth

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University
20 August 2025

‘Super snail’ modifies slime to fight pesticide

Australia; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast PLOS One
19 August 2025

Could the world's finest chocolate be recreated in the lab?

International University of Nottingham, UK Nature Microbiology
Expert Reaction
19 August 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Mum's exposure to insecticide could hinder how bub's brain develops

International Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USA JAMA Neurology
18 August 2025

Before the outbreak: how the next-gen of animal vaccines will safeguard Australia

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales
13 August 2025

Culturally-sensitive collaboration could help NT agencies support vulnerable young people

Australia; NSW; NT Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University,The University of New South Wales Australian Journal of Social Issues
4 August 2025

From waste to energy – weeds as a source of biofuel

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
1 August 2025

Quad bike deaths have reduced since Aussie safety standards changed in 2019

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
29 July 2025

Urban food production ticks all boxes for more sustainable living – here’s why

Australia; SA Flinders University,The University of Adelaide Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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