These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds

Plastic in the ocean is eaten by over 700 species, but just a few items are responsible for the most deaths.

Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7% — but don’t start celebrating just yet

The pandemic, along with other recent trends such as the shift towards clean energy, have placed us at a crossroad: the choices we make today can change the course of global emissions.

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Coral spawning: a slick affair for reef restoration

Our scientists are using coral spawn slicks to help restore the Great Barrier Reef. We show you how we go from the reef to the lab!

From Hobart, to London, to Dhaka: using cameras and AI to build an automatic litter detection system

As part of our research to end plastic waste, we’ve been developing an efficient and scalable environmental monitoring system using artificial intelligence (AI).

Keeping plants happy is easy with our new Chameleon Card

We developed technology that makes it possible for backyard green thumbs to give their plants the right amount of water.

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State of the Climate 2020: Five things you need to know

We’ve pulled out five of the top things to know about the state of Australia’s climate, all from the State of the Climate 2020 report. 

A Darwin smart sensor on a pole in the street

Smart sensors to help Darwin residents manage smoke and heat

We’re working with the City of Darwin to improve the air pollution data collected by smart sensors.

PLASTICS FLOATING IN A RIVER

How we’re reimagining the future of plastics

It's National Recycling Week and we're on a mission! We're developing a major research program to reimagine the future of plastics.

An adult female congolli.

Good news from the River Murray: two fish species have bounced back from the Millennium Drought in record numbers

This year marks a decade since the end of the Millennium Drought, when flood waters reached the mouth of the River Murray in 2010. Find out what's been going on in these waters since then.

Mt Resilience uses AR to help you prepare for disaster

To prepare people for more frequent and extreme weather events, our researchers teamed up with the ABC to embrace AR with Mt Resilience.

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Meet our researcher: Dr Justin Perry

Meet Dr Justin Perry. He aims to co-develop culturally appropriate and cutting-edge ways to monitor Australian biodiversity.

New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future

Agriculture is the dominant cause for the increasing N₂O concentrations. Emissions must be reduced if we hope to stabilise Earth's climate.