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Google Earth image showing the approximate location of the riverbank collapse at Crocodile Bend, near to Cooktown in Australia.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

A tragic riverbank collapse near to Cooktown in Queensland, Australia

by Dave Petley 8 August 20248 August 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 3 August 2024 an unusual and tragic landslide occurred at close to Cooktown in Queensland, Australia. Reports indicate that a man on vacation in the area was fishing on a riverbank […]

Two people row boats across a blue lagoon, which is flanked by verdant trees.
Posted inNews

The Crocodile Dundee Site Helping Rewrite the History of Australian Bushfires

by Bill Morris 4 April 20244 April 2024

A lake made famous by Hollywood has yielded powerful new evidence that humans have conducted controlled burns on the Red Continent for tens of thousands of years.

湿地里,两个人站在一艘小船旁,周围环绕着树木,水深没过两人的小腿。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

测量树干产生的甲烷

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 6 March 20246 March 2024

湿地树木茎干排放已成为全球甲烷预算的一个重要贡献。一项新的研究追踪了它们如何随季节、地点和水文条件而变化。

Two people stand by a small boat in a wetland, surrounded by trees, with the water up to their shins.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Measuring Methane Stemming from Tree Stems

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 26 January 20246 March 2024

Wetland tree stem emissions have emerged as a significant contributor to the global methane budget. A new study tracks how they vary by season, location, and hydrological conditions.

Diagram from the study
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Piecing Together the Roots of the Ancient Australian Continent

by Paul Asimow 25 October 202326 October 2023

Mineral compositions from numerous volcanic rocks that sample the mantle keel beneath Western Australia’s Kimberley Craton reveal the temperature and mineralogy that explain its long-lived stability.

An overhead view of Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia
Posted inNews

Continental Breakup Shot Pink Diamonds to Earth’s Surface

by J. Besl 23 October 202323 October 2023

What was once the world’s most prolific pink diamond mine has always been an anomaly. New research suggests that the end of an ancient supercontinent helped rocket its precious gems to the surface.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Using Cave Formations to Investigate Ancient Wildfires

by Micheline Campbell, Liza McDonough, Pauline C. Treble and Andy Baker 2 May 20231 May 2023

From sediment cores to speleothems, environmental archives are helping us to understand the history of wildfires.

Diagrams showing the two effects of water storage change can be sensed by GPS.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

GPS Observations Sense Groundwater Change in Australia

by Annette Eicker 20 April 202319 April 2023

By exploiting the fact that changes in groundwater cause deformations of the Earth’s surface, GPS receivers are used to detect groundwater changes related to extreme events and to seasonal oscillations.

A dark image of a wildfire under hazy skies.
Posted inNews

Wildfire Smoke Destroys Ozone

by Elise Cutts 12 April 20233 June 2024

Smoke aerosols from large wildfires are the perfect reaction surface for chlorine chemicals, speeding their transformation from ozone-friendly forms to reactive ones.

Close-up view of bright green algae fronds
Posted inScience Updates

Making Sense of the Great Barrier Reef’s Mysterious Green Donuts

by Jody Webster, Mardi McNeil, Helen Bostock, Luke Nothdurft and Maria Byrne 9 March 202321 December 2023

Researchers set sail to the Great Barrier Reef to study how ring-shaped algae deposits formed and evolved, what feeds them, and the diversity of creatures that call them home.

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