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  1. 15 March 2024 - Humanities

    When Australia’s first Environment Ambassador helped save Antarctica from mining

    An excerpt from Climate Politics in Oceania, from Melbourne University Press, describes the role Australia's Environment Ambassador played in saving Antarctica

  2. 11 March 2024 - Humanities

    Australia’s media isn’t accurately reporting all sides of the Murray-Darling Basin debate

    University of Melbourne research finds media reporting on environmental water allocations to the Murray-Darling is skewed against the environment

  3. 27 February 2024 - Science Matters

    Do you have a chorus of crickets in your backyard? Here’s why

    Melbourne is seeing an explosion of crickets, but a University of Melbourne experts says we should embrace these swarms as part of the cycle of nature

  4. 20 February 2024 - Science Matters

    Reptiles are helping us better understand threats to Australia’s biodiversity

    A University of Melbourne study shows Australian reptiles change their preference for burnt habitat depending on whether they live near native forest or pasture

  5. 16 February 2024 - Science Matters

    Fighting to save our Aussie bees – one bee hotel at a time

    University of Melbourne student Clancy Lester is working with Indigenous communities on a mission to save Australia’s native bees

  6. 9 February 2024 - Science Matters

    “I’ll never forget the first iceberg we saw”

    University of Melbourne's Dr Kristy DiGiacomo switched goats for penguins when she travelled to Antarctica as part of a global women in STEMM leadership program

  7. 2 February 2024 - Science Matters

    We are not tracking the impact of half the world’s mines

    University of Melbourne research using global-scale mapping of mining areas in satellite imagery reveals a stunning lack of data on mining activity and impacts

  8. 12 January 2024 - Science Matters

    Where has our summer gone and will it come back?

    In summer, more rain falls in thunderstorms but they aren’t strongly related to El Nino and can be very hard to predict, say University of Melbourne experts

  9. 9 January 2024 - Inside Business

    Australia’s electric vehicle future must be priced right

    If Australia is going to hit its Net Zero emissions target, governments need to encourage electric vehicle adoption says a University of Melbourne expert.