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Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA

06 Jul 2023

South-west Australia relies on groundwater for three-quarters of its water use. But a new study of the region’s caves has found a drying climate is having a dramatic impact on this precious resource.

National Science Week featuring Meganne Christian

UNSW researchers lead innovative Science Week 2023 program

20 Jun 2023

UNSW Sydney's world-leading researchers will take on topics including the secret to happiness, the medicinal benefits of psychedelics and reversing the impact of climate change.

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AI reveals hidden traits about our planet's flora to help save species

20 Jun 2023

Machine learning can help extract important information from the huge numbers of plant specimens stored in herbaria, say UNSW Sydney scientists.

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Ribbiting rhythms: citizen science reveals new information about frog calls

16 Jun 2023

Researchers use large-scale data from citizen scientists to analyse the calls of nearly 700 frogs and discover new insights about frog communication.  

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A marine mystery: finding the link between climate change and sea sponge loss

14 Jun 2023

Microbes could hold the key to explaining how climate change affects sea sponges, warn scientists from UNSW Sydney. 

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Coral disease tripled in 25 years. Three-quarters will likely be diseased by next century

07 Jun 2023

Research suggests warming temperatures will see nearly 80 per cent of coral in reefs diseased in the next 80 years.

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The world’s first flowers were pollinated by insects

06 Jun 2023

New research suggests insects have pollinated flowers since the pollen-bearing blooms first evolved more than 140 million years ago.

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Ecological Society of Australia honours leading conservation scientist

31 May 2023

UNSW Professor David Keith has been awarded a prestigious 2023 ESA Gold Medal.

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New DNA testing technology shows majority of wild dingoes are pure, not hybrids

30 May 2023

Genetic analysis shows dingo populations have significantly less dog ancestry than previously thought.

David Keith and Liming Dai

UNSW researchers elected Fellows of Australian Academy of Science

25 May 2023

UNSW Professor David Keith and Scientia Professor Liming Dai have been recognised among the nation’s most distinguished scientists.

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