careers… Wondering if you should apply for a DECRA? 7 Feb 20227 Feb 2022 Do you love doing job applications, but wish they were longer and more involved? If so, applying for an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) should…
research Extinct megafauna prone to ancient hunger games 14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021 I'm very chuffed today to signal the publication of what I think is one of the most important contributions to the persistent conundrum surrounding the downfall of Australia's megafauna many…
research Animating models of ecological change 6 Dec 2021 Flinders University Global Ecology postdoc, Dr Farzin Shabani, recently created this astonishing video not only about the results of his models predicting vegetation change in northern Australia as a function…
policy… An eye on the past: a view to the future 29 Nov 2021 originally published in Brave Minds, Flinders University's research-news publication (text by David Sly) Clues to understanding human interactions with global ecosystems already exist. The challenge is to read them more…
research Pest plants and animals cost Australia around $25 billion a year — and it will get worse 2 Aug 20212 Aug 2021 AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Andrew Hoskins, CSIRO This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article. Shamefully, Australia has…
research Mapping the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land 4 May 2021 Author provided/The Conversation, Author provided There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of thousands of years ago, but evidence is scarce. Few archaeological…
research Population of First Australians grew to millions, much more than previous estimates 30 Apr 2021 Shutterstock/Jason Benz Bennee We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul — the giant landmass that connected New Guinea, Australia and…
research Climate change and humans together pushed Australia’s biggest beasts to extinction 25 Nov 201926 Nov 2019 Over the last 60,000 years, many of the world’s largest species disappeared forever. Some of the largest that we generally call ‘megafauna’ were first lost in Sahul — the super-continent…
research Logbook of Australia’s ancient megafauna 20 Nov 201920 Nov 2019 Australia is home to some of the most unique species worldwide, including egg-laying mammals, tree-climbing, desert-bouncing and and burrow-digging marsupials, and huge flightless birds. While these animals are fascinating, the…
policy Fires, floods and “inner-city raving lunatics” 16 Nov 2019 It’s a Monday night and I am frantically checking with friends from back home on the Eyre Peninsula if they and their homes are safe from the fire. I am scrolling social…
research First Australians arrived in large groups using complex technologies 18 Jun 2019 One of the most ancient peopling events of the great diaspora of anatomically modern humans out of Africa more than 50,000 years ago — human arrival in the great continent…
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