Image of a burnover experiment conducted by Justin Leonard where the house is beginning to ignite.

Meet our researcher: Justin Leonard

Justin Leonard’s job is to burn down houses so we can learn how best to protect them from bushfires.

Meet our researcher: Dr Heather McGinness

Dr Heather McGinness is a waterbird super sleuth. She has been tracking the movements of Australia’s waterbirds to inform environmental water management in the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Meet our researcher: Dr Guojian Wang

Meet Guojian! He researches both the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) at The Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR).

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Meet our researcher: Dr Denise Hardesty

Meet Dr Denise Hardesty. She uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to research ways to stop plastic pollution from entering our environment.

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Become a citizen scientist: create your own project to help the environment

In our three-part series, we explore the ways you can help scientists understand extreme events. In this final part, we explain how to set up your own citizen scientist project.

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Canine ehrlichiosis: the new tick-borne dog disease in Australia

Canine ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia canis, is a tick-borne dog disease recently detected in parts of Australia. We're helping respond.

Darwin park, Darwin, Northern Territory

Cool havens in a hot city: improving Darwin’s parks

Darwin’s parks and gardens provide a cool haven in the tropical capital city. As the climate heats up, we want to hear from you on how Darwin can create better green spaces.

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Take a virtual tour of our insect collection

We're taking you on a virtual tour of our Australian National Insect Collection from your home. Come inside.

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Indigenous knowledge and AI help save baby turtles

On the remote beaches of western Cape York, rangers are using AI, cloud computing and Indigenous knowledge to protect endangered sea turtle hatchlings from feral pigs.

An ostracod, a small crustacean with more than 70,000 identified species.

Blind shrimps, translucent snails: the 11 mysterious new species we found in potential fracking sites

There aren’t many parts of the world where you can discover a completely new assemblage of living creatures. But after […]

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New research shows global CFC emissions are declining

New research shows global CFC-11 emissions, which unexpectedly and concerningly began to rise in 2013, are lowering once again.

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Become a citizen scientist: help in the aftermath of an extreme event

In this three-part series, we explore the ways you can help scientists understand extreme events. This week we focus on post-disaster recovery and resilience.