The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for interdisciplinary approaches to planetary health solutions. Without understanding the social context in diverse cultures, and without appropriate legal and policy frameworks, scientific insights cannot be applied to produce the necessary health, policy and governance outcomes.
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Associate Professor Bradley Moggridge received the inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Travelling Research Award from the Australian Academy of Science in 2019.
Dr Georgina Gurney from James Cook University has been nominated as Australia’s nominee for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE) Prize.
As an island nation, Australia is lucky to have geographically isolated borders to help to protect us from imported pests and diseases. But we still need a strong biosecurity system to ensure that we prevent threats to agriculture, natural environments and human health from entering Australia.
Twelve of Australia's brightest young scientists attended the 71st annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to the discipline of chemistry from 26 June to 1 July in Germany. This event is a highly prestigious annual gathering of Nobel Laureates and emerging scientists from around the world.
The 6th national State of the Environment report makes for sobering reading.
The outlook for the Australian environment is grim: critical thresholds in many natural systems are likely to be exceeded as global warming continues.
The video’s opening image was adapted from the 2022 National NAIDOC logo (CC BY-NC-N4 4.0), with the addition of text and images relevant to the event.
One-and-a-half billion years ago all life on earth was single-celled prokaryotes – then the first multicellular organism evolved. This was a fundamental evolutionary shift that changed the course of Earth’s history. Today, scientists can trace this history and find answers to all sorts of scientific problems.
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