By Alanna Alevropoulos-Borrill, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Nick Golledge, Professor of Glaciology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Geoengineering proposals to cool the ocean would indeed reduce ice loss from West Antarctica’s glaciers, but not enough to stop sea-level rise or allow the ice sheet to regrow.
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By Georgina Falster, Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University
Nerilie Abram, Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science; Deputy Director for the Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, Australian National University
Nicky Wright, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Natural variability in Australian rainfall can produce “mega-droughts” lasting 20 years or more. Add in human-caused climate change, and future droughts may be far worse than imagined.
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By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
Influenza is a common respiratory infection. Although most cases are relatively mild, flu can cause more severe illness in young children and older people.
Influenza virtually disappeared from Australia during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic when public health restrictions reduced contact between people. Since 2022, it has returned to a seasonal pattern, although the flu season has started and peaked a few months earlier than before 2020.
It’s difficult to predict the intensity of the flu season…
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By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Shoohb Alassadi, Casual academic, University of Sydney
Australian Rules Football and illicit drugs have been in the media for all the wrong reasons recently.
Last year a Melbourne Demons player, Joel Smith, and two Sydney Swans AFLW players were caught with cocaine.
And added on top of all that is a claim tabled in federal parliament that
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By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior research fellow, Curtin University
A zap with a laser in the lab confirmed the extraterrestrial origins of enigmatic lumps of glass found in the Northern Territory.
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By Ha Nguyen, Research Fellow, Victoria University
Peter Hurley, Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Sam Hoang, Research Officer, Victoria University
Research finds international students value the opportunity to come and live in Australia over the academic prestige of our universities.
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By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle
Today, the flat white is enjoyed by people the world over. But there’s good reason to think there’s a very local history behind this special brew.
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By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
Writer and psychotherapist Adam Phillips is often hailed as one of the world’s great essayists. His new book – exploring the topic of giving up, among other things – is both erudite and slippery.
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By Francesco Rigoli, Reader in Psychology, City, University of London
The division between right and left around the world has rarely felt more polarised. Of course there have always been differences between people on the different ends of the political spectrum, but now it seems they are living in different worlds entirely. This is perhaps related to the tendency for those on the right to focus on the past and to strive for a world that once was and the tendency for those on the left to do the opposite.
Take two of the most famous political slogans of recent times: Barack Obama’s “Yes we can” and Donald Trump’s “Make America great again”. While Obama’s…
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By Amberley T. Ruetz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
Rachel Engler-Stringer, Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
Researchers and co-chairs of the Canadian Association for Food Studies’ School Food Working Group explain what Ottawa should prioritize to ensure its national school food program succeeds.
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