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Earlier in 2025, UNSW Sydney Ph.D. candidate Christina Schmidt submitted her thesis—from the deck of Australia's multi-billion-dollar icebreaker, just off the East Antarctic coast.
Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.
An unexplained reference to a mysterious figure known as the 'cotquean' has inspired a radical new exploration of the historical roots of queer life in the 18th century.
International researchers have taken an in-depth look at three Aotearoa New Zealand crested penguin species, revealing one is thriving while others face uncertain futures.
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more.
Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond, unless urgent action is taken to curb global ...
Poohsticks, the game in which Piglet and Winnie the Pooh throw sticks into the river from one side of a bridge, and then rush over to the other side to see whose stick appears first, is all about current flow. Disappointingly, ...
Insufficient monitoring leaves gaps in our knowledge of Antarctica's unique lifeforms and ecosystems—and their global significance. A new paper led by University of Wollongong researchers calls for the urgent expansion of ...
The next time you breathe, consider this: Photosynthesis of algae, powered by iron dust in the ocean, made it possible.
Scientists have uncovered a hidden pattern in birdsong that mirrors a core rule of human language. The new study, led by researchers at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Chester Zoo, found that birds appear ...
