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Australian soils are losing about 1.6 million tonnes of carbon per year from wind erosion and dust storms affecting agricultural productivity, our economy and carbon accounts, according to new research.   Top soil is rich in nutrients and carbon but is increasingly being blown away by events such as the ‘Red Dawn’ in Sydney in…

CSIRO has announced the appointment of Dr Bronwyn Harch as chief of its newest research division with a focus on data-driven computational and information sciences. The new research division, CSIRO Computational Informatics (CCI), will work in partnership with the organisation’s National Research Flagship program to address key national challenges across the information and decision making…

Warming oceans are impacting the breeding patterns and habitat of marine life, effectively re-arranging the broader marine landscape as species adjust to a changing climate, according to a three-year international study published today in Nature Climate Change. The international team led by CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship and University of Queensland marine ecologists Elvira Poloczanska and Anthony…

Science Sunday… our weekly guide and collection of some of the amazing science stories that have caught our eye over the past seven days.   Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity’s First Year on Mars Hard to believe Curiosity has been on Mars for twelve short months. Here at Australian Science we’ve covered the tiny…

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is intertwined with the Australian identity since the 1920s. For Australians living in regional and remote locations away from the bright city lights of capital cities the ABC had been the only constant media and information source until recently when commercial media stations invested on capturing this audience. Growing up in the…