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5 December 2025

Hailstorm forecasting set to improve with new data gathering project

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland,Bureau of Meteorology,Queensland Farmer's Federation
5 December 2025

Unbee-lievable: scientists trial unique solution for human-elephant conflict

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales Pachyderm
2 December 2025

Genome advancement puts better Wagyu marbling on the menu

Australia; SA The University of Adelaide Nature Communications
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27 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Australia's Annual Climate Change Statement shows emissions dropping

Australia; NSW; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
27 November 2025

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
27 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: New Environmental Laws to pass Senate

Australia; VIC
27 November 2025

Farms could be our secret climate weapon

Australia; International; QLD Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Plant Physiology
27 November 2025

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
26 November 2025

Mussels lift their weight in the CO₂ capture cycle

International Station marine de Wimereux, Lille, France, Rhodes University, South Africa Biology Letters
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23 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: COP30 wraps up in Brazil with final agreement

Australia; NSW Australian Science Media Centre
20 November 2025

Little bettongs' dramatic nut-cracker performance

Australia; SA; WA Flinders University,Curtin University Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
19 November 2025

Moo-ving the boundaries: New research evaluates virtual fences for use on NT cattle stations

Australia; QLD; NT Charles Darwin University
18 November 2025

New technique accurately predicts cannabis crop potency

Australia; International; SA The University of Adelaide Industrial Crops and Products
18 November 2025

Improving reliable power supply to remote communities

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,Macquarie University Energies
Expert Reaction
13 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Libs dump net-zero

Australia; NSW; QLD; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
13 November 2025

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
13 November 2025

NEWS BRIEFING: Global carbon emissions up again in 2025

Australia; International; ACT CSIRO Global Carbon Budget 2025
Briefing
13 November 2025

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Meet the Aussie experts tackling wildlife and environmental crime

Australia; SA The University of Adelaide,Wildlife Crime Research Hub
11 November 2025

Cotton trash to treasure: Project using waste to grow new mushroom industry

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
10 November 2025

Cane toads approaching the Pilbara could have devastating impact

Australia; WA Curtin University Scientific Reports
7 November 2025

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
6 November 2025

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Bloomin' Algae! The latest science behind the SA algal bloom

Australia; International; NSW; SA Australian Science Media Centre Prepint (BioRchiv)
6 November 2025

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
6 November 2025

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
3 November 2025

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
30 October 2025

Synthetic biology to supercharge photosynthesis in crops

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB) Nature Communications
30 October 2025

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
28 October 2025

Humanity is moving more over Earth than all wild land animals combined

International Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Nature Ecology & Evolution + Nature Communications
24 October 2025

Gene responsible for wheat variety with three ovaries

Australia; NSW; SA The University of Adelaide,The University of Sydney PNAS
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24 October 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Scientists respond to Labor's Environmental Protection Reform Bill

Australia; VIC; QLD; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
23 October 2025

Traffic noise joins land clearance as damaging to bird survival

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

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