Climate change doubled the likelihood of the NSW heatwave
Heat records have tumbled across NSW as the state suffered through the weekend’s heatwave. A new analysis shows that climate change made this kind of event much less of a rarity.
Heat records have tumbled across NSW as the state suffered through the weekend’s heatwave. A new analysis shows that climate change made this kind of event much less of a rarity.
Tasmania is renowned for its incredible nature and wildlife, so it’s no surprise the island state’s capital city is a birdwatchers’ paradise.
Lifeguards could potentially have a new ally in the fight to reduce shark incidents: drones that can spot when a shark swims nearby, and automatically alert authorities.
Low-down on the funnel-web spider – and how an evolutionary accident made it one of the most dangerous spiders on Earth, able to kill a human in 15 minutes.
Planes zoom overhead at the biggest annual airshow in the country, while punters crawl around the static displays with dreams of flight gleaming in their eyes. Read more about this event in the March-April issue of Australian Geographic (AG#137).
Are we headed to a magnetic reversal and all the global disruption that would bring?
Sydney may be known for bin-scrounging ibis and bobble-headed pigeons, but there’s more diverse birdlife in this metropolis than many probably realise.
These iconic pink birds are more associated with Africa and the Americas, but they once also called Australia home.
Australia is always on the move thanks to continental drift, which means the mapped coordinates of any place can get out of line with any GPS locating system. So what’s the plan to fix it?
These small marsupials keep turning up in people’s backyards, and the reason why is not what you’d expect.