The A-Z of Aussie slang - Australian Geographic
Bushfire. Bushfire is a distinctively Australian word. What we call a bushfire is called a “wildfire” everywhere else in the world. The name we’ve adopted comes from the Aussie habit of constructing expressions using the word “bush” or tacking on …
How the GBR shows record growth and intense bleaching
Aug 9, 2024 · It was another difficult summer on the Great Barrier Reef.A serious marine heatwave caused the fifth mass coral bleaching event since 2016.Intense rain from Cyclone Jasper washed huge volumes of freshwater and sediment onto corals closer to shore, and Cyclone Kirrily crossed the central region.
Mega fires mega study - Australian Geographic
Nov 15, 2024 · The megafires that tore through Australia’s forests in 2019–20 burnt more than 10 million hectares. The tragedy prompted a massive research effort to understand how plants and animals were affected. So what did it uncover? Research published in the journal Nature set out to answer that question. In a collaboration involving more than 100 scientists, we brought together data for more than ...
Australia finally has its own flag - Australian Geographic
Sep 20, 2024 · Early responses to the Aussie flag were mixed. In its issue of 28 September 1901, The Bulletin magazine described the winning design in Australia’s national flag competition as “vulgar and ill-fitting”, proclaiming it to be a “staled réchauffé of the British flag, with no artistic virtue, no national significance”.It added that “Minds move slowly: and Australia is still Britain ...
Is the truth still out there? - Australian Geographic
Jan 16, 2024 · “When I opened the window, the rain just poured in, and I shone the spotlight around at the end of the [torch] beam. Sure enough, it was a thylacine, right in front of the car, ” Hans told The Mercury newspaper, many years later.. Hans’s camera was out of reach, so he instead focused his efforts – and channelled his many years of experience observing wildlife in Africa and Australia ...
Is the Great Barrier Reef reviving – or dying?- Australian Geographic
Since then, the Reef has rebounded. Generally cooler La Niña conditions mean hard corals have recovered significant ground, regrowing from very low levels after a decade of cumulative disturbances to record high levels in 2022 across two-thirds of the reef.
Understanding Indigenous DNA - Australian Geographic
Painful examples of medical mistreatment remain fresh in the hearts of many Indigenous communities. Before beginning its study, the NCIG team was given access to a historical collection of 7000 genetic samples collected from 35 different Indigenous communities throughout the 1960s and ’70s.
Fact File: Dugong (Dugong dugon) - Australian Geographic
Primarily herbivorous, the dugong snacks day and night, grazing on up to 30kg of seagrass per day. Generally cruising the shallow waters of protected bays, mangrove channels or sheltered areas of inshore islands, dugongs tend to stay in water around 10 metres deep.
A guide to Australia’s fairy-wrens - Australian Geographic
Mar 27, 2019 · Superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus Superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus).Image credit: Diane Colombelli. Recognisable by their sky blue-coloured caps, which become iridescent during breeding season, the superb fairy-wren is much loved among Australians.
Australian Geographic - It’s in our nature
Science & Environment Bird flu ‘panic’: Dire advice to pet owners not to release exotic birds into Aussie bush. Authorities are warning that one of Australian’s most popular pets - the rose-ringed parakeet - could become our next “extreme” pest.