May 2, 2023 – Some people see moss growing in their gardens as a problem, but what they may not realise is this ancient ancestor of all plants is bringing lots of benefits to our green spaces, such as protecting against erosion. Now a massive global study led by UNSW Sydney has found mosses are […]
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Misogynistic tweets correlate with violence against women
April 7, 2021 – Areas with a relatively greater amount of misogynistic tweets have higher incidences of domestic and family violence, a UNSW study has found. The study, published in Psychological Science, not only found this connection with domestic and family violence carried over from one year to the next, but also occurred despite the […]
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Sea level data confirms climate modeling projections were right
February 16, 2021 – Climate model projections of sea-level rises in the early 21st century are in good agreement with sea level data recorded in the corresponding period, a recent analysis has found. And the scientists who crunched the numbers say the finding does not bode well for sea level impacts over coming decades if greenhouse […]
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New international analysis narrows the range in sensitivity of climate to CO2
July 22, 2020 – The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate sensitivity yet undertaken has revealed with more confidence than ever before how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to carbon dioxide. For more than 40 years, the estimated likely range of the eventual global temperature response to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide compared […]
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Heatwave trends accelerate worldwide
Sydney, Australia, July 3, 2020 – The first comprehensive worldwide assessment of heatwaves down to regional levels has revealed that in nearly every part of the world heatwaves have been increasing in frequency and duration since the 1950’s. The research published in Nature Communications has also produced a new metric, cumulative heat, which reveals exactly how much […]
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How saving the ozone layer in 1987 slowed global warming
Dec. 9, 2019 – The Montreal Protocol, an international agreement signed in 1987 to stop chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroying the ozone layer, now appears to be the first international treaty to successfully slow the rate of global warming. New research published today in Environmental Research Letters has revealed that thanks to the Protocol, today’s global temperatures […]
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Marine heatwaves a bigger threat to coral reefs than previously thought
August 9, 2019 – Marine heatwaves are a much bigger threat to coral reefs than previously thought, research revealing a previously unrecognized impact of climate change on coral reefs has shown. In the study, scientists show for the first time what really happens to corals during marine heatwaves, and they reveal that it’s not just coral […]
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Global warming may be twice what climate models predict
July 5, 2018 – Future global warming may eventually be twice as warm as projected by climate models and sea levels may rise six metres or more even if the world meets the 2°C target, according to an international team of researchers from 17 countries. The findings published last week in Nature Geoscience are based […]
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Oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48-billion-year-old Australian rocks
May 9, 2017 – Fossil evidence of early life has been discovered by UNSW scientists in 3.48 billion year old hot spring deposits in the Pilbara of Western Australia – pushing back by 3 billion years the earliest known existence of inhabited terrestrial hot springs on Earth. Previously, the world’s oldest evidence for microbial life […]