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‘Blue carbon’ expert to represent Australia in international prize
A scientist whose work showing the massive amounts of carbon that could be captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems has been chosen to represent Australia in a lucrative global sustainability prize.
JOINT STATEMENT: Australian Academies of Science and Health and Medical Sciences welcome long COVID report
The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (the Academies) welcome the findings of the House of Representative’s Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport’s inquiry into long COVID and repeated infections.
Peeking under Earth’s crust: Anton Hales Medal recipient talks giant volcanoes, mineral deposits and the impact of awards
Dr Nicolas Flament’s research allows us to not only peer under Earth’s crust but to uncover what the planet’s interior looked like hundreds of millions of years ago.
Discussions continue on the future of the Great Barrier Reef
The Australian Academy of Science has hosted the second of three expert roundtables to inform advice to government on the likely impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef and potential interventions under plausible climate futures.
Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy: new biography of a foundation Fellow
A new biography, Joe Pawsey and the Founding of Australian Radio Astronomy, examines the life and career of an Academy foundation Fellow.
Nine young Australian scientists to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Nine early-career researchers from Australia will be heading to Lindau, Germany this year to attend the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
We have the tools, but not the ambition—President’s statement on IPCC report
It has been five years since the IPCC highlighted the unprecedented scale of human-induced climate change from rising greenhouse gas emissions.