ONLINE BRIEFING – Thursday May 17, 12.30pm AEST In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region, over the past 1000 years.
Thu May 17, 2012
ONLINE BRIEFING – Thursday May 17, 12.30pm AEST In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region, over the past 1000 years.
Thu May 10, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED 8.30am AEST Friday 11 May, 2012 UK researchers report that inducing labour at more than 37 weeks of gestation reduces the rate of stillbirth or dying in the first month of a baby’s life, without increasing the rate of caesareans. However, inducing labour increased the number of babies admitted to neonatal intensive care [...]
Tue May 8, 2012
Embargo lifted 5am AEST Tue 8 May Research from the US shows exposure of pregnant rhesus monkeys to Bisphenol A (BPA) altered the developing mammary glands of their offspring. BPA is used in the manufacturing of various plastics and resins for food packaging and consumer products. BPA can act as an endocrine disruptor (a chemical [...]
Fri May 4, 2012
Few subjects in the science media world stir debate more than that of embargoes.
Fri May 4, 2012
Embargo lifted 8pm AEST Saturday May 5, 2012 Researchers from the University of Adelaide have compared the risk of major birth defects for each of the reproductive therapies commonly available internationally, including IVF. Below experts respond.
Thu May 3, 2012
Embargo lifted at 3am AEST Thu 3 May Researchers have shown that the H5N1 ‘bird flu’ virus, which is highly dangerous but so far not easily spread between mammals ( including people), could easily acquire this ability. The researchers crossed the H5N1 strain with the pandemic H1N1 strain which swept the globe in 2009 and showed that [...]
Mon Apr 30, 2012
Environment Minister Tony Burke announced his decision on Monday, April 30, 2012, to list koala populations in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory as vulnerable on the national list of threatened species.
Tue Apr 17, 2012
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has today released the latest National Greenhouse Accounts which compare Australia’s emissions to our Kyoto Protocol obligations. The Accounts show Australia’s carbon pollution is currently tracking at 104 per cent of 1990 levels. Australia’s Kyoto Protocol target is to limit emissions to108 per cent of 1990 levels, [...]