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Dr Karina Meredith’s use of an isotope normally associated with planetary studies to understand the Darling River’s complex water systems has earned her recognition at this year’s Goldschmidt Meeting, the biggest geochemical conference in the world.

They are apex predators with almost no equal, but growing global populations and unsustainable fishing practices are threatening the diversity of Bull and Pig-eye sharks in tropical ecosystems.

Scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) are lining up to share the love on Hug a Climate Scientist Day.

Researchers from Australia and the United States have been drilling ice cores in Greenland to study radiocabon 14C. The results of their study will build on current understandings of radiocarbon dating and climate change research. 

Ice core drilling has well and truly commenced at Greenland with Dr Andrew Smith and the team racing the clock, and the extreme temperatures, that are hampering the expedition to obtain environmental samples. 

Ever wondered how you would take bathroom breaks while camping in -60 °C temperatures? Read Dr Andrew Smith's week 2 blog from Greenland where he continues his working studying isotopes produced by cosmic rays. 

View some of the amazing images of Greenland taken by physicist and Principal Research Scientist at ANSTO Dr Andrew Smith during his expedition.

Join Dr Andrew Smith as he reports from Greenland on the search for rare atoms found in cosmic rays that impacted with earth researchers will use to study climate change. 

Measuring radionuclides in the environment at very low concentration levels is of increasing importance to ensuring we have a proper means of monitoring the impact of nuclear activities on the environment.

Recent climate predictions suggest Australia will experience more high-intensity tropical cyclones and flooding leading to extensive economic and social disruption.

Severe bushfires, such as Australia’s 2009 Victorian ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires, expose the soil in bushland.

In February 2012, two ANSTO scientists travelled to Antarctica to find out whether there is a historical connection between changes in solar activity and climate change on Earth.

ANSTO’s study of the Perth Basin aquifers determined the age of groundwater to be 23,000 to 35,000 years old.

Scientists have found strong evidence of a new subatomic particle that looks like the one believed to give all matter in the universe size and shape.

A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers have discovered fresh evidence that could finally unravel the mystery of what killed Tasmania's giant marsupials over 40,000 years ago.

A new state-of-the-art facility at ANSTO's Lucas Heights campus, is taking the guess work out of science and helping our best and brightest to better understand the world we live in. 

A study of Australia's wetlands by nuclear scientists has revealed native species are under the threat of extinction if water management practices in places like the Murrary-Darling basin are not improved.

The Environmental Radioactivity Measurement Centre located on the main campus of ANSTO at Lucas Heights is built from material with ultra-low background radiation levels.

Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, today opened the $8.7 million Environmental Radioactivity Measurement Centre in New South Wales, the only one of its kind in Australia.

‘Bomb spikes’ found in the shoots of Antarctic moss, one of the smallest and last untouched species on the planet, are providing startling revelations of the impacts of future climate change for Earth’s biodiversity.