Ice cores and stalagmites reveal secrets of the last ice age
Using Ice cores from Greenland, and stalagmites from caves across Europe, researchers have discovered that during the last ice age, what happened in the Arctic didn’t stay in the...
Environment
Researchers within a whisker of discovering ocean’s secrets
Researchers are using the whiskers of Antarctic fur seals to work out who’s eating who in the Southern Ocean....
Superbug solution, waiting in the wings
While the world is in a flap about antibiotic resistance, scientists at RMIT University have stretched their wings in...
Rare birds don’t forget the Aerogard thanks to research
One of Australia’s rarest bird species is recovering dramatically after being helped to feather – and fumigate – their...
Seismic consequences for the quiet earth in lockdown
As COVID-19 spread around the world so did a kind of hush. An international study involving researchers from The...
Sugar glider populations in free fall
They’re as cute as can be, and now there’s two more reasons to love charismatic, nectar-loving sugar gliders. Researchers...
Mystery mammals head downtown
They’re notoriously elusive and usually opt for a quiet life away from the city. Researchers at Western Sydney University...
Ol’ man river’s million-year meander
It’s possibly one of the slowest journeys ever made in Australia. Researchers at the University of Wollongong have discovered...
Hair of the dog is man’s best friend for oil spill clean-up
Companies using synthetic materials to clean up oil spills on land have been barking up the wrong tree. Scientists...
Grass of the sea, cut down by ocean heatwaves
At the very bottom of the aquatic food chain you find microscopic algae known as phytoplankton. Despite its humble...