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South-East Queensland residents need to prepare for more regular floods, according to new data. Shutterstock

June 21, 2018

South‑East Queensland is droughtier and floodier than we thought

Jack Coates-Marnane, Griffith University; Joanne Burton, Griffith University; John Tibby, University of Adelaide; Jon Olley, Griffith University; Joseph M. McMahon, Griffith University, and Justine Kemp, Griffith University

We rely on climate data to help us make important decisions for our future, such as building infrastructure. But what if a region’s climate has long been more volatile than we realised?

What it could have looked like when humans and megafauna lived together: a giant macropod Procoptodon goliah in the foreground, while Thylacinus cynocephalus hunts for prey nearby. A herd of Zygomaturus can be see on the lake edge of the ancient Willandra system. Illustration by Laurie Beirne

January 11, 2017

Aboriginal Australians co‑existed with the megafauna for at least 17,000 years

Michael Westaway, Griffith University; Jon Olley, Griffith University, and Rainer Grun, Griffith University

The extinction of the giant reptiles, marsupials and birds that once called Australia home has been the subject of much debate, including the role early Australians may have had on their fate.

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