Ecosystem Forest Sciences
Environment
Research
What potoroo poo tells us about climate change
The endangered long-footed potoroo – a fungus-eating marsupial – is experiencing changes to its diet in a warming climate, which may impact the health and resilience of southeast Australian forests
Sciences & Technology
Why are our rainforests burning?
Many of us may think the wet, humid conditions in a rainforest makes them unburnable, but bushfires in Australia and the Amazon are proving otherwise
Sciences & Technology
How a termite’s mound filters methane (and what it means for greenhouse gases)
Termites produce greenhouse gas methane (the same way the rest of us do) but half of their emissions are filtered by their mounds
Environment
Written in King Billy’s tree rings: 1700 years of climate history
The iconic King Billy Pines of Cradle Mountain offer a glimpse into climate history, with the publication of one of the longest tree-ring chronologies in the Southern Hemisphere
Sciences & Technology
Planting trees for the Earth
Campaigners want us to plant 7.8 billion trees to combat climate change. But what then?
Environment
Swapping guns for gardening
Returned WWII servicemen and women were given a fresh start through training in horticulture and gardening