Methane — a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide — plays a major role in controlling the Earth’s climate. But methane concentrations in Continue Reading
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Changes to river flows are having a ‘damming’ impact on platypuses
A three-year study has confirmed that significant alterations to flow regimes by dams can have a big impact on downstream platypus populations. By UNSW media Continue Reading
Corona virus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan – Study
Study dates emergence to as early as October 2019; Simulations suggest in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic Using molecular Continue Reading
Vaccine rollout way behind target
It is April 1, and Australia’s glacial COVID vaccine rollout is more than one million doses behind even the most conservative projections from the federal Continue Reading
Is an Easter moon always brighter? Your moon questions answered
If you stepped outside on the weekend and thought, “Gosh, the full moon looks nice tonight”, you are not alone. According to Google Trends, Moon-related Continue Reading
Tiny house living may offer answers for both affordability and the homeless
Despite early forecasts of a COVID-driven slump, house prices are now surging in many parts of Australia. This is further widening the gap between the Continue Reading
Is climate change making things worse in the ‘land of flooding plains’?
Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a climate scientist Continue Reading
Coffs Coast Councils to be ‘stretched to the max’ with massive cleanup
Social media has been awash (pun intended) with pictures and stories of slips, flooding, potholes, drainage issues and general weather damage since the big wet Continue Reading
Wake up, Mr Morrison: Australia’s slack climate effort leaves our children 10 times more work to do
There is much at stake at the highly anticipated United Nations climate summit in Glasgow this November. There, almost 200 nations signed up to the Continue Reading
Covid19 – one year on. How a pandemic has unfolded
It is now just one year since covid19 was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and borders around the world began Continue Reading
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