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How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia

Caroline Spry, La Trobe University; Brian J Armstrong, University of Johannesburg; Elspeth Hayes, University of Wollongong; John Allan Webb, La Trobe University; Kathryn Allen, The University of Melbourne; Lisa Paton, University of New England; Quan Hua, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, and Richard Law Kelsham Fullagar, University of Wollongong

An Aboriginal tree on Wiradjuri Country is much younger than anybody thought.
Tasmania’s fires may have released mercury previously absorbed by trees. AAP Image

Mercury pollution from decades past may have been re‑released by Tasmania’s bushfires

Larissa Schneider, Australian National University; Kathryn Allen, The University of Melbourne, and Simon Haberle, Australian National University

Huon pines in Tasmania have locked up significant amounts of mercury pollution from the state’s mining industrial history. And that can be released back to the atmosphere in bushfires.
Places such as Berri were affected by Millennium Drought, caused by low cool-season rain. New materials and techniques are now being used to observe drought causes and water patterns in Australia’s history to help the future. Gary Sauer-Thompson/flickr

Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years

Mandy Freund, The University of Melbourne; Ben Henley, The University of Melbourne; Kathryn Allen, The University of Melbourne, and Patrick Baker, The University of Melbourne

Australia has always suffered heat and flood, but a detailed seasonal rainfall reconstruction of the last 800 years shows the extremes are intensifying.

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