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Record sea ice loss is transforming the Antarctic Intermediate Water – an ocean layer that regulates heat and carbon. These changes could threaten future deep-ocean warming, sea level rise and weather events

What looks like an abandoned lot is often anything but – ecologically speaking. Our Map of the Month shows just how much biodiversity is hiding in Melbourne’s forgotten landscapes

In 1726, Jonathan Swift imagined a machine that churns out books by shuffling words at random. Three centuries on, his satire reads like a warning about generative AI

A new national survey finds publishing in Australia is more culturally diverse than it was in 2022. Class and geography, though, still decide who gets a seat at the table

A global assessment found that virtually all coral reef ecosystems face a high risk of collapse in 50 years. Cutting emissions to curb ocean warming is vital to save them in our lifetime

A landmark global trial spanning 14 countries found safer options for treating golden staph infections, using an approach that could reveal more about other medicines

Climate change is taught as a global phenomenon, but young people around the world are living with its effects in their own regions. So, what should climate education look like now?

The first mission to return a sample from the Martian moon Phobos has launched. University of Melbourne scientists are working with Japan’s space agency to uncover what that might tell us

Global demand for lithium-ion batteries could rise twentyfold by 2050. New research finds even ambitious improvements won’t contain the climate impacts from their production