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Author Joey Hulbert explaining sampling protocol.

April 10, 2017

“Pathogen hunters”: citizen scientists track plant diseases to save species

Joey Hulbert, University of Pretoria

The impact of plant disease may be reduced if people are made aware of the many pathways for plant-killing microbes -- and why preventing their spread matters to us all.

Blue Mallee leaves in a plantation. The white dots are oil globules. Carsten Kulheim

July 6, 2016

Renewable jet fuel could be growing on Australia’s iconic gum trees

David Kainer, Australian National University and Carsten Kulheim, Australian National University

Eucalyptus oil is useful for lots of things – what if that list also included carbon-neutral aviation fuel? Chemistry suggests it could.

Throw another one on. Researchers tested plant flammability using a blow torch and barbecue. Sarah Wyse

February 25, 2016

Low flammability plants could help our homes survive bushfires

Tim Curran, Lincoln University, New Zealand; George Perry, University of Auckland, and Sarah Wyse, University of Auckland

You might think having trees around your home is the worst idea during a bushfire, but some plants can actually help repel fire.

Ghost gums: dieback on Jindabyne Road. Tim the Yowie Man

October 14, 2015

Death of a landscape: why have thousands of trees dropped dead in New South Wales?

Cris Brack, Australian National University and Catherine Ross, Australian National University

2,000 square km of forest have dropped dead in New South Wales, indicating big changes to the environment.

Eucalyptus trees in plantations are particularly vulnerable to pests. MJ Wingfield

September 11, 2015

Plantations provide cover for lost trees but they are also under threat from pests

Bernard Slippers, University of Pretoria

Invasive pests threaten the world's much-needed planted forests, as trees are declining.

December 17, 2013

Australia’s gum trees at risk

The University of Queensland

Heat waves, droughts and floods expected under climate change will alter environmental conditions so much that many eucalypts…

October 23, 2013

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but gold does!

CSIRO

Gum trees in the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia are absorbing gold particles from deep in the soil, and depositing…

October 22, 2013

Gum trees reveal possible gold ore deposits

CSIRO

Eucalyptus trees in the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia are drawing up gold particles from the earth and depositing…

Who made this mess, and why? David Midgley

November 27, 2012

Unravelling the mystery of eucalypt scribbles

Marianne Horak, CSIRO

Some natural phenomena are so familiar to us that they feature in our lives and culture, yet we know precious little about them. Sometimes we don’t even know how little we know. Take the subject of our…

November 1, 2012

Climate change, fire may wipe out Australia’s giant gum trees

Megan Clement, The Conversation

As Australia gears up for another risky bushfire season this summer, some of its most iconic and valuable forests are at…

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Professor, Environmental Change Biology, University of Tasmania
Marianne Horak
Honorary Research Fellow Lepidoptera Systematics, CSIRO
Tim Curran
Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Cris Brack
Assoc Professor Forest measurement & management, Australian National University
Bernard Slippers
Professor of Genetics, University of Pretoria
Joey Hulbert
PhD Student, University of Pretoria
Catherine Ross
PhD candidate, Australian National University
George Perry
Professor, School of Environment, University of Auckland
Sarah Wyse
Early Career Research Fellow, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Research Fellow, School of Environment, University of Auckland
David Kainer
PhD Candidate in tree genomics and evolution, Australian National University
Carsten Kulheim
Associate research scientist, Australian National University