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April 30, 2024

Wondering what Australia might look like in a hotter world? Take a glimpse into the distant past

Tim Flannery, The University of Melbourne; Josephine Brown, The University of Melbourne, and Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne

The fossil record suggests Australia may be much wetter, and look far different, in centuries and millenia to come.

Calcite crystals formed in the Naracoorte caves. Steve Bourne

February 7, 2024

Ice ages were not as dry as we thought, according to surprising new Australian cave study

Rieneke Weij, University of Cape Town; Jon Woodhead; Josephine Brown, The University of Melbourne; Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne, and Liz Reed, University of Adelaide

Despite cold temperatures, water was relatively abundant in much of the southern hemisphere during ice ages.

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September 26, 2022

Study finds famous Australian caves are up to 500,000 years older than we thought ‑ and it could help explain a megafauna mystery

Rieneke Weij, University of Cape Town; Jon Woodhead; Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne, and Liz Reed, University of Adelaide

The findings will help us better understand how biodiversity responds to a changing climate over time.

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August 11, 2022

Beyond net‑zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre‑industrial levels

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne; Harry McClelland, The University of Melbourne; Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne; Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne; Kathryn Bowen, The University of Melbourne; Tilo Ziehn, CSIRO, and Zebedee Nicholls, The University of Melbourne

Our ability to cool the planet takes humanity into uncharted territory. In a new paper published today, researchers discuss the big unknowns in a post net-zero world.

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November 25, 2021

Even if we halt global warming, local climates will change – and we need new experiments to understand how

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Andrea Dittus, University of Reading; Ed Hawkins, University of Reading; Josephine Brown, The University of Melbourne; Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne, and Tilo Ziehn, CSIRO

We need new experiments to model Earth’s climate if global warming is stabilised at 1.5°C. A new paper explains why.

Tree trunks, which were submersed when the dam was full, stand a the critically low dam in South Africa in 2018. EPA/NIC BOTHMA

February 11, 2019

Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics

Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Jon Woodhead, and Josephine Brown, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Australia’s subtropical regions are drying, but if we can slow the global temperature rise then rainfall should increase again.

Australian plants leave a unique pollen signature in our honey. Renee/Flickr

August 7, 2018

Unique pollen signatures in Australian honey could help tackle a counterfeit industry

Kale Sniderman, The University of Melbourne and Kia Matley, The University of Melbourne

Australia’s distinctive native plants give our honey a distinctive stamp. Welcome to melissopalynology: the study of pollen.

The new study suggests extinction driven by climate instability may be just as important as evolution as a driver of plant biodiversity. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecologyweb

February 12, 2013

Ice Age flora extinction reveals fresh plant biodiversity clues

Jan Wisniewski, The Conversation and Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

Ice Ages caused a mass extinction of plants in south-eastern Australia around a million years ago, according to a new study that presents a fresh take on how extinction shapes biodiversity. Scientists…

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