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.
Gondwanaland: the search for a land before (human) time
Sep 16, 2024 · Around 400 million years ago, before Australia was a continent on its own, we were lying on our side, attached to Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, in a giant land mass called Gondwanaland (also …
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.
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.
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.
The evolution of Anzac Day from 1915 until today
Apr 24, 2017 · On the morning of of Sunday, 25 April 1915, Australian and New Zealand troops entered their first major engagement of World War I, stepping into battle on a small Turkish beach – in a moment that continues to ripple through Australian society more than 100 years on.
Why eucalypts are survival experts | AusGeo - Australian Geographic
Feb 27, 2024 · Epicormic shoots can grow 27cm in a single day, or up to 6 metres in a year. When epicormic buds touch soil, they can sometimes develop as roots. This allows fallen trees or even large branches to re-establish and anchor after storms and floods.
100 years of Vegemite, the wartime spread that became an Aussie …
Jul 12, 2023 · This rebrand was short-lived. Australians were not any more interested in Parwill than they were in Vegemite. A nutritious food replacement. In the 1930s, Walker hired American advertiser J. Walter Thompson.Thompson began offering free samples of Vegemite with purchases of other Kraft-Walker products, including the popular Kraft cheese.