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International accolade for photobiologist

Professor Janet Bornman (pictured), a Murdoch University researcher, has won a prestigious international award for her research into the ways solar radiation affects life on Earth, including global food security, sustainable development and climate change.

May 29, 2019

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DPI researcher receives prestigious Research Medal

NSW Department of Primary Industries Senior Research Scientist Dr Fabiano Ximenes has been awarded the University of New England Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal for his research on carbon release from decomposition of wood and paper products.

May 20, 2019

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Climate extremes explain 18-43 per cent of global crop yield variations

Researchers from Australia, Germany and the US have quantified the effect of climate extremes, such as droughts or heatwaves, on the yield variability of staple crops around the world.

May 6, 2019

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PhD student Sivendra Michael with supervisor Professor Andreas Neef

Climate chaos in home country inspires PhD

Growing up in the Ba Province of Fiji gave University of Auckland PhD student Sivendra Michael a first-hand appreciation of how climate change is destroying Pacific communities.

May 2, 2019

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Changing climate may affect animal-to-human disease transfer

Climate change could affect occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola, with environmental factors playing a larger role than previously understood in animal-to-human disease transfer.

May 1, 2019

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Sue Minter, candidate for Governor of Vermont. Photo by Gordon Miller

New Zealand an ‘innovation lab’ for climate change

New Zealand has the opportunity to be a climate change “innovation lab” for the rest of the world, according to international planning expert and former United States political candidate Sue Minter.

Mar 13, 2019

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Earth’s atmosphere subject to dramatic oxygen cycles

New research by a team of Australian earth scientists indicates that oxygen in the atmosphere has varied greatly over geological time, far more than previously thought.

Mar 12, 2019

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The beneficial role of pulse crops in cropping systems

Best practices for agriculture under climate change

A global team including researchers from The University of Western Australian have determined the best practices for managing agricultural land while minimising environmental impacts.

Mar 5, 2019

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Data shows Goondiwindi climate is changing

While there has been heated debate in agricultural and political circles about whether climate change is real, data being presented at the Grains Research and Development Corporation’s (GRDC) Grains Research Updates in Goondiwindi shows the average temperature for the region has increased since 1950, while…

Feb 21, 2019

climate, crops

Young growing forests offer the greatest opportunity for carbon storage

Newly-published research by an international team including scientists from Western Sydney University and CSIRO has found that younger, regrowing forests are much more capable of taking carbon dioxide out of the air and storing it away than older established forests. In research published in the…

Feb 19, 2019

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Hot possums risk losing their homes

As our world is warming under climate change, heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense, yet the vulnerability of our wildlife to such events is poorly understood. New research from Australia’s Wet Tropics indicates that the area where maximum temperatures are survivable for the…

Dec 12, 2018

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How much can changing the way we use land fight climate change?

New research from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research looks at whether New Zealand can change the way we use land to achieve our emissions target in the lowest cost way. Under the Paris Agreement, New Zealand must transition toward a net-zero-emissions economy.

Dec 11, 2018

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