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Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic

Sharon Robinson, Dana Bergstrom and Simon Alexander share what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife.

The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born

In an effort to save Lake Pedder from a hydro-electricity scheme, the world’s first environmental political party was formed in Tasmania writes Benjamin J. Richardson.

If you’re planning to hike this winter, invest in the right gear

You can never be too prepared to hike in the Tasmanian wilderness, write Dr Vanessa Adams, Prof Jason Byrne, and Ms Noelle Nemeth.

How early Australian settlers drew maps to erase Indigenous people

The role of surveyors and cartographers throughout history has often been far from peaceful.

A Belgian farmer moved a rock and accidentally annexed France

Establishing national borders has long been an inexact science, writes Dr Imogen Wegman.

Hidden history of Chinese Australian women

‘Your government makes us go’: the hidden history of Chinese Australian women at a time of anti-Asian immigration laws.

How films show the fear and loss that come with dementia

We asked two experts to watch The Father and Supernova. These new films show the fear and loss that come with dementia

New research finds widespread violence against Australian mosques

We cannot understand the Christchurch massacre without comprehending the Australian context, writes Professor Nicole L. Asquith.

White continent, white blokes: shedding Antarctica's exclusionary past

Associate Professor Dr Meredith Nash and Dr Robyn Moore explore ways to make Antarctic research more inclusive.

Is it time for a Green New Deal in Australia?

The general idea is to create jobs while rebuilding societies

How Bob Brown taught us to talk about, and care for, the ‘wilderness'

Part of series on key figures in Australian political history

The enduring myth of the hunter-gatherer

Secondary school textbooks teach our kids that Aboriginal Australians were nomadic

Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online

When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?

Will the Najib Razak verdict be a watershed moment for Malaysia?

What is needed is the abandonment of a system built on racial superiority

Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica

Why do 'living people' believe they have immunity from the law?

Here's why a huge runway in Antarctica is a bad idea

Extreme heat and rain: there’s now more of both, for longer

We developed tools to study cancer in devils. They could help humans

Australia, you have unfinished business.

It’s time to let our ‘fire people’ care for this land.