Women and gender-diverse people bear the brunt of climate change’s negative affects. If Australia wants to be taken seriously on climate action, this needs addressing.
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Along with British and Irish convicts, 627 free men, women and children were transported to the 19th-century penal colonies of Van Diemen’s Land. Their stories, mostly forgotten, are moving.
Iron-rich dust feeds phytoplankton. They are a key form of life in the Southern Ocean, which acts as a climate shock absorber.
Overall, coastal habitat restoration greatly increases animal numbers and diversity. But not all projects deliver the goods and we need to find out why.
Since COVID there has been an expansion in online options for school students. This includes individual classes and complete distance education.
Two fascinating new novels are not particularly difficult, but their relationship to established traditions of experimental literature is clear.
The debut novels of two forceful, intelligent journalists are bold, brash stories of powerful women at the top of their game. One details a horrific sexual crime, the other ugliness in the art world.
Weather forecasting is improving at a great rate, even though climate change could be making it tougher.
Heat is surging in the world’s oceans. Climate change and El Niño explain part of it – but not all.
In 1898, a pioneering Antarctic expedition was stuck in sea ice for over a year. In 2024, that area is open water.
Many people are suffering due to cost-of-living pressures but have they impacted sports participation rates in Australia?
El Niño can direct more warm water to the base of West Antarctic ice shelves, accelerating melting and increasing global sea level.
In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.
A new report has found the marine reserve covering the Heard and McDonald islands must urgently be expanded.
A novel about first-wave feminists cleverly critiques the movement’s privilege. The first fiction from Nakkiah Lui’s imprint highlights uncomfortable truths. And a debut about teen girls is ‘too naive’.
Despite a swing against it, the Liberal party has likely won the most seats, but will fall short of a majority. While the vote counting will continue, the political fight is now to form government.
Tasmanians head to the polls on Saturday in an election that was called more than a year early. After a largely uninspiring campaign, here’s your guide to state election.
The result shows climate change education in schools must become more holistic and empowering, and children should be allowed to shape the future they will inherit.
Our tallest trees are world champions when it comes to capturing and storing carbon, but they don’t like the heat. Climate change will trigger mass tree deaths in Tasmania. Here’s what can be done.
Live-action anime adaptations have never been more popular. Yet there are many factors that make them difficult – but not impossible – to pull off.
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Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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ARC Future Fellow in Fisheries Science, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Writing and Literature, University of Tasmania
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in History, University of Tasmania
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Writer, author, journalist, Associate Lecturer in English & Writing, University of Tasmania
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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Climate Research Fellow with the Climate Futures Programme, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Tasmania
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Professor, University of Tasmania
