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27 Jan 2021
We've always talked about avoiding climate change, but now the Australian Government is talking about adapting to it.
25 Jan 2021
Heat is more dangerous than the cold in most Australian regions. About 2% of deaths in Australia between 2006 and 2017 were associated with the heat, and the...
24 Jan 2021
You've heard how scientists with Australia's national science agency are helping to lead the country's fight against COVID-19 through genomic...
23 Jan 2021
Abundant, cheap and clean-burning, hydrogen has long been described as the fuel of the future.
22 Jan 2021
ANU researchers hit new world record in solar cell efficiency.
18 Jan 2021
As a doctor working in the Northern Territory for the last 16 years “it is impossible not to see accelerating heat as the greatest problem Territorians face,”...
18 Jan 2021
Water is everywhere in coastal Bangladesh, but is increasingly undrinkable as sea level rise caused by climate change is turning water sources saline.
17 Jan 2021
Apocalypse or revolution? Depending on the study making headlines, insect numbers around the world are either in dramatic freefall or simply an alarming state...
15 Jan 2021
Researchers share in $4.5m funding for next-generation solar cell technology.
14 Jan 2021
Decline of insects is a catastrophic loss we can ill afford.
14 Jan 2021
Housebound by a pandemic, humanity slowed its emissions of greenhouse gases in 2020. But Earth paid little heed: Temperatures last year tied the modern record...
13 Jan 2021
Australian researchers who have conducted the first study looking at the direct health impacts of predicted carbon dioxide levels say the results are worrying...