UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recently expressed utmost concern about the current state of the Great Barrier Reef. Darkydoors/Shutterstock
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recently expressed utmost concern about the current state of the Great Barrier Reef. Darkydoors/Shutterstock

Will surging sea levels kill the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient coral fossils may hold the answer

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Drone image sheep and low level dam
Drone image sheep and low level dam

Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?

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Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the Red Planet
Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the Red Planet

Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the Red Planet

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UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recently expressed utmost concern about the current state of the Great Barrier Reef. Darkydoors/Shutterstock

Will surging sea levels kill the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient coral fossils may hold the answer

In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It’s expected to rise even further by 2100, as…
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Location of the Australian small‐aperture spiral‐arm arrays used in this study. The squares in panel b indicate their geographic locations. The side panels show a 16‐element, three spiral‐arm array configuration for western Australia spiral array (WAspa) in western Australia (a) and southern Queensland spiral array (SQspa) in Queensland (c). The configuration of the WAspa array deviates from the logarithmic three‐arm spiral more significantly than the SQspa array because of the field conditions and access c

Stormy waves traversing the Earth’s core provide new hints into future planetary exploration

The detection of energy signals from strong winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean which travel through the Earth’s core could enhance…
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Ferruaspis brocksi is the first fossil freshwater Australian Smelt to be found in Australia. Photo: Salty Dingo

Scientists discover 15 million-year-old Australian fish fossil

A new species of fish that lived in Australian freshwater lakes and rivers about 15 million years ago has been named after the researcher from The…
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Friday, 18 Jul 2025

‘Ultimate dinner party guests’: Dispersed communities attending feast in ancient Iran gifted boars sourced from distant lands

New research that used our world-leading geochronology facility at ANU, shows how communities that lived in western Iran about 11,000 years ago gave gifts from their travels in cultural practices similar to today.

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Wednesday, 09 Jul 2025

Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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Thursday, 05 Jun 2025

Unprecedented heat in the North Atlantic Ocean kickstarted Europe’s hellish 2023 summer. Now we know what caused it

In June 2023, a record-breaking marine heatwave swept across the North Atlantic Ocean, smashing previous temperature records. What drove this unprecedented marine heatwave?

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