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20 March 2025
Australia’s environment shows signs of improvement, but our ecosystems remain under threat
Australia’s environment improved slightly in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year of above-average conditions, but major challenges remain.
10 January 2023
Ecosystems in Victoria and Tasmania may be most at risk from climate change
A new ANU study has shown that ecosystems in western parts of southeastern Australia – including western Victoria and western Tasmania – may be most at risk of feeling the impacts of climate change in the coming decades.
29 July 2024
Yes, Australia's environment is on a depressing path - but $7 billion a year would transform it
A new report challenges the notion that repairing our continent is a task too big and expensive to tackle. So, what are we waiting for?
5 September 2022
Study unlocks secrets of native rodents' race to new lands
New research from ANU has mapped the DNA from more than 150 species of native rodents from across Australia, New Guinea and Melanesian islands, painting a clearer picture of how they're related and how they ended up spreading across the Pacific.
17 March 2022
Australia’s environment rebounds after record heat and fire, but challenges remain
Lower temperatures and good rainfall, in part due to La Niña, have helped Australia's environment recover following record heat and drought, but it's not all good news.
20 October 2021
A billion-year soul-burning puzzle: who made cheilanthanes?
PhD student Tharika Liyanage is on a quest to solve a molecule mystery that dates back billions of years.
11 June 2021
“Great Dying” did not lead to uniform forest regrowth
A new study undertaken by an international research team including scientists from ANU shows that the spread of European diseases and abandonment of Indigenous cultivation did not lead to widespread tropical forest regrowth in the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
30 April 2021
Scale of human impact laid bare in new island study
When humans arrive on an island they have an immediate and dramatic impact on the ecosystem, according to a new international study which included scientists from ANU.
31 March 2021
A new hope for the environment after Black Summer fires
A new report on Australia's environment has found the country's landscapes and waterways are making a slow recovery from one of the grimmest periods on record.
30 April 2025
What should the incoming government prioritise? We asked ANU experts
From climate change to national security, ANU experts share the issues Australia’s next government should pay attention to.
10 April 2025
ANU trailblazers celebrated by Australian Academy of Science
Four ANU scientists have been recognised with prestigious honorific awards from the Australian Academy of Science.
18 March 2025
Scientists discover 15 million-year-old Australian fish fossil
A new species of ancient Australian fish has been named after the ANU researcher who discovered it.
14 March 2025
How plants could help power the green energy transition
Biological science is changing the way we harness and manage renewable energy, according to a new study from ANU researchers.
28 February 2025
Hive mind: collecting intel to help Australia's honeybees
We’ve all heard honeybees are in trouble – but what’s going on and what can we do about it? Beekeepers could have the answers.