Virus puts koalas at greater risk of chlamydia

A new study highlights another threat facing endangered koalas, but could also lead to ways to treat populations and reduce the risk of extinction.

U. Queensland • futurity
June 1, 2022 ~4 min

Colonialism: why leading climate scientists have finally acknowledged its link with climate change

The IPCC’s latest climate report discusses how colonialism has shaped climate, a breakthrough for the climate justice movement.

Harriet Mercer, Research Associate in Climate History, University of Cambridge • conversation
April 22, 2022 ~8 min


Unique birds have disappeared from 69% of Australia

Threatened birds have disappeared from almost 70% of Australia—and 10 birds have become locally extinct from 99% of their historical habitat.

Dominic Jarvis-Queensland • futurity
Feb. 7, 2022 ~4 min

Australia's Native Species Under Threat

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 30, 2021 ~3 min

Aussie wildfires fed giant algae blooms thousands of miles away

Iron in smoke and ash from wildfires can "fertilize" the oceans, providing nutrients for algae blooms that then may suck up carbon, research indicates.

Tim Lucas-Duke • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~6 min

Koala moms pass deadly virus to their joeys

Mother koalas are transferring a deadly virus that causes immune depletion and cancer to their babies, a new study shows.

Dominic Jarvis-Queensland • futurity
Sept. 8, 2021 ~4 min

Newfound Aussie ‘dragon’ had a nearly 23-foot wingspan

"The new pterosaur, which we named Thapunngaka shawi... was essentially just a skull with a long neck, bolted on a pair of long wings."

U. Queensland • futurity
Aug. 11, 2021 ~5 min

Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet

The US is wrestling with the rest of the world for control of the internet. The ‘net as we know it could be a victim of the struggle.

Nick Merrill, Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
July 26, 2021 ~8 min


Post-Brexit trade deals may cause 1,500 additional diet-related deaths every year – new study

We need a free trade agreement for vegetables – and not much else.

Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, University of Oxford • conversation
June 29, 2021 ~5 min

Why the platypus sweats milk and is so weird

The first complete mapping of the genome of the quirky duck-billed platypus reveals how it got so strange.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Jan. 6, 2021 ~5 min

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