In sports-mad Australia, the Olympics are always a huge deal. But does this interest result in increased sports participation?
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An analysis of 88 million wildfire observations over the past 21 years shows a strong increase in the frequency and intensity of the most extreme fires around the world.
In their different ways, these three poets demonstrate how to transform everyday realities into art.
Taking more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by stashing it in the ocean seems like a good idea, but it could backfire if tiny marine animals called zooplankton get extra hungry.
Howling winds take sea salt from the Southern Ocean and lay it down in Antarctica as snow, then ice. Hidden in these ice cores is a warning about Australian fire seasons.
The Australian Defence Force is in desperate need of more recruits. How could they get more Gen Z people on board?
Women and gender-diverse people bear the brunt of climate change’s negative affects. If Australia wants to be taken seriously on climate action, this needs addressing.
Along with British and Irish convicts, 627 free men, women and children were transported to the 19th-century penal colonies of Van Diemen’s Land. Their stories, mostly forgotten, are moving.
Iron-rich dust feeds phytoplankton. They are a key form of life in the Southern Ocean, which acts as a climate shock absorber.
Overall, coastal habitat restoration greatly increases animal numbers and diversity. But not all projects deliver the goods and we need to find out why.
Since COVID there has been an expansion in online options for school students. This includes individual classes and complete distance education.
Two fascinating new novels are not particularly difficult, but their relationship to established traditions of experimental literature is clear.
The debut novels of two forceful, intelligent journalists are bold, brash stories of powerful women at the top of their game. One details a horrific sexual crime, the other ugliness in the art world.
Weather forecasting is improving at a great rate, even though climate change could be making it tougher.
Heat is surging in the world’s oceans. Climate change and El Niño explain part of it – but not all.
In 1898, a pioneering Antarctic expedition was stuck in sea ice for over a year. In 2024, that area is open water.
Many people are suffering due to cost-of-living pressures but have they impacted sports participation rates in Australia?
El Niño can direct more warm water to the base of West Antarctic ice shelves, accelerating melting and increasing global sea level.
In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.
A new report has found the marine reserve covering the Heard and McDonald islands must urgently be expanded.
Authors
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pyrogeography, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Research associate in Climatology, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in History, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate, Literary Studies, University of Tasmania
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Palaeoclimatologist, Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Health and Physical Education Education, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling, IMAS, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Tasmania
