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From ice sheets to gum trees: Nine projects receive 2026 Thomas Davies Research Grant backing-image

From ice sheets to gum trees: Nine projects receive 2026 Thomas Davies Research Grant backing

Nine early-and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) have received the 2026 Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology.

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Cryopreservation and urban biodiversity: funding awarded to two research conferences focused on protecting Australia's wildlife

Wildlife conservation will take centre stage at two specialist conferences next year, funded by the Australian Academy of Science.

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Research round-up: Unravelling serpentine science and epic egret journeys

The Academy is pleased to partner with CSIRO Publishing Journals to champion Australian science excellence. In this quarterly research round-up series, we feature recent discoveries reported in CSIRO Publishing Journals.

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A huge win for evidence-informed decision-making and the environment

Since our formation in 1954, the Australian Academy of Science has played a defining role in prioritising conservation, thereby influencing the evolution of national parks as we know them today.

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Scientists say we are not on course to meet Paris Agreement climate goals

The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, has welcomed the Government’s annual climate statement published today calling for urgent, ambitious action to increase emissions reductions to reduce global warming and meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Environmental law reforms deliver positives, but still fall short

The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC, is calling on the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator the Hon Murray Watt, to inform his decisions with science when it comes to protecting Australia’s precious environment and biodiversity.

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Science20 statement calls for urgent, science-driven action to protect the wellbeing of people and ecosystems

The Australian Academy of Science has endorsed the Science20 (S20) 2025 statement, Climate change and well-being, reinforcing a collective commitment and consensus-driven call to action for preserving lives and boosting global sustainability.

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Time to act to improve the air we share indoors

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Academy Fellow receives top national science prize

Academy Fellow Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska FAA FTSE has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for redefining air pollution science and vastly improving how the world mitigates pollution risk.