Environment
Perth’s trapdoor spiders living on ‘burrowed’ time
Australia is home to a plethora of plants and animals that are not found anywhere else on Earth, making the…
Malaysian discovery sheds new light on early Earth
Geologists from Curtin Malaysia have dated a grain of zircon at 4.2 billion years old, making it the second-oldest rock ever…
Researchers in focus: Professor Teri Balser
Congratulations to Professor Teri Balser, whose frontier-challenging leadership in teaching and research across microbiology and other environmental studies disciplines has…
Researchers in focus: Professor Kingsley Dixon
Congratulations to Professor Kingsley Dixon, whose discovery of the chemical in smoke that stimulates germination in Australian plant species has…
Ancient Arctic plant DNA unlocks climate change from the past
Trekking across the Arctic tundra and crossing ice-blue fjords, setting up camp in sub-zero temperatures and staying vigilant for polar…
Now you see us: how casting an eerie glow on fish can help count and conserve them
News stories about fish often focus either on large fish like sharks, or on tasty seafood. So it might come…
Bolstering Bangladesh: Curtin researchers help nation on the path to sustainability
Curtin University Sustainable Policy Institute (CUSP) recently worked with the Government of Bangladesh’s Governance Innovation Unit to help implement the UN’s Sustainable…
Curtin University researchers discover part of North America in northern Australia
Curtin University researchers have discovered rocks in northern Queensland that bear striking similarities to those found in North America, suggesting…
Earth’s mid-life crisis – new research backs ‘lull’ in the geologic record
New research backing claims that the Earth experienced a ‘geological lull’ in its development around 2.3 to 2.2 billion years…
From tailings to trees, mine site restoration needs more time
More time is needed to allow for adequate mine site restoration practices, according to a new paper from the ARC…