Climate change and humans caused Ice Age extinctions
In the largest study of its kind, an international team of scientists – including Dr Simon Ho – have unravelled the factors that caused the extinction of iconic Ice Age mammals such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth. The study, published in the journal Nature, shows that both climate change and humans are responsible …
Crossing the Southern Ocean to discover deep sea isopods
Discovering deep water isopods and examining how much plastic is in Australian waters are just some of the research topics being undertaken by Luana Lins this week, while sailing from Hobart to Freemantle on board Australia’s flagship marine research vessel – the Southern Surveyor. Luana, a PhD student in the School of Biological Sciences, is …
Early career win in molecular evolution
Dr Simon Ho has won an Early Career Researcher Award from the Genetics Society of Australasia for making an outstanding contribution to the field of genetics within five years of his PhD. An expert in molecular evolution, Dr Ho’s impressive body of work includes 57 peer-reviewed articles, which have been collectively cited over 2,300 times. …
Ants and termites boost wheat yields
In an exciting experiment with major implications for food production under climate change, CSIRO and University of Sydney scientists have found allowing ants and termites to flourish increased a wheat crop’s yield by more than one third. The study, carried out on a farm in an arid area 100 km northeast of Geraldton in Western …