Climate
After flooding rains come fires
More catastrophic bushfire seasons are being predicted, despite two years of deluges along the eastern seaboard.
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Lindblad Expeditions adds four Antarctic departures for 2022/23 season
Join Lindblad Expeditions on a once in a lifetime journey to the frozen reaches of Antarctica.
History & Culture
A 10-site tour of Victoria’s goldfields
Central Victoria has thousands of old gold mines. Here are 10 sites that tell the story of one of the world’s greatest gold rushes.
History & Culture
Australia’s abandoned mines: rehabilitated
Australia is pockmarked with 80,000 disused mining sites. A major research project seeks to map them all in the hope of encouraging improved rehabilitation outcomes and clever adaptive reuses.
Nature & Wildlife
Pap not poop: The ‘gift’ a mother koala gives her joey
Rare footage of ‘papping’, a crucial step in a koala joey’s migration from pouch to fending for itself, has been captured on film.
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First images from James Webb Space Telescope reveal distant galaxies in mind-blowing detail
Travel back into the early Universe with these spectacular images of the deep cosmos.
Biodiversity
Population boom for one of the world’s most unique and endangered birds
A recent breeding event has restored hope for the future of the critically-endangered plains-wanderer.
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Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Express celebrates 130 years with two new premium journeys in 2023
Celebrating 130 years of breathtaking Norwegian voyages, adventure travel group Hurtigruten has announced two new northern passages to satisfy even the most seasoned of voyagers, one a revived icon and the other poised to make history.
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Shark bytes: This historical dataset could help scientists better understand sharks
For the first time, the longest-running historical record of human-shark interactions in Australia is now accessible online. This follows a growing trend to make scientific datasets accessible, maximising the use and impact of the data. Taronga’s Australian Shark-Incident Database (ASID) describes more than 1000 shark-human interactions that have occurred in Australia over the past 230 years.
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NAIDOC Week 2022: 7 podcasts for 7 days
Australian Geographic has long celebrated and shared the stories of First Nations people and their communities. Here are seven enthralling conversations with thought leaders from our Talking Australia podcast.