Although invisible to us, every teaspoon of seawater contains more than a million marine bacteria. These tiny microbes play pivotal roles in governing the chemical cycles that control our climate and shape the health of the ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2022
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The Federal Court recently quashed a duty of care owed by the environment minister to Australian children, to protect them from the harms of climate change.
Environment
Mar 29, 2022
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Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is suffering "mass bleaching" as corals lose their colour under the stress of warmer seas, authorities said Friday, in a blow widely blamed on climate change.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2022
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When you walk through a rainforest, you might feel like you're missing out. You can hear birdsong and insect noises from way up high. For decades, the rainforest canopy was called "the last biotic frontier," due to the sheer ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2022
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Poverty and disadvantage put young Australians on the road to a less fulfilling life and schools could play a critical role in breaking the cycle, a new study led by Flinders University says.
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2022
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The recently released report of the review into initial teacher education recommends universities use randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to find evidence for effective methods of educating teachers. It says: "Randomized ...
Education
Mar 9, 2022
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The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales highlight, yet again, Australia's failure to plan for natural disasters. As we're seeing now in heartbreaking detail, everyday Australians bear the enormous cost of ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2022
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) assessment reports have great influence over government decision-making on climate change. The latest report, launched this week, for the first time features Indigenous ...
Environment
Mar 4, 2022
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The 2005 National Review of School Music Education found many Australian students missed out on music education, with massive disparities between states. In 2020, our research for the Tony Foundation found the same issues, ...
Education
Feb 28, 2022
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In its early days, the Milky Way was like a giant smoothie, as if galaxies consisting of billions of stars, and an enormous amount of gas had been thrown together into a gigantic blender.
Astronomy
Feb 22, 2022
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