Recently, more than 150 first-year Monash University students travelled to Fiji for two weeks of deep cultural immersion and learning.
From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts.
Research into the behaviour of the delicate skink has revealed it’s the only Australian lizard to have successfully “invaded” overseas.
Fijian youth are combining modern science with traditional knowledge to develop innovative responses to the immediate threat posed by climate change.
In what is the first COP since Labor took office in May this year, there are positive signs of Australia picking up its game on climate policy.
Encouraging work abroad schemes could help Pacific Island nations to steer their way clear of crippling debt.
Severe coastal flooding inundated islands in the Pacific last week, including the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. It’s a taste of things to come.
They cover more than 70% of our planet, so why aren’t oceans more central to climate talks?
Jomo Kigotho knows from personal experience the devastating impacts of malaria. Now, the young scientist is part of a team that’s found a new weapon in the war against the disease-causing parasite.
Giant bird-eating centipedes from Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific’s Norfolk Island group, can kill and eat up to 3700 seabird chicks each year.
Virtual tourism and the little penguins captured audiences worldwide, and are now contributing to Phillip Island’s post-COVID recovery.
A survey has found that, unlike Australia where the issue is highly politicised, reporting on climate change in the Pacific was presented accurately and accessibly.
From Monash to the Subantarctic and the Pilbara, Tim Ealey was a trailblazing academic and adventurer.
Stimulus investment after the pandemic presents a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to pivot economies away from emissions-intensive growth, and towards green growth.
The first results of a major trial using the bacterium Wolbachia to stop the spread of the tropical disease has been a huge success.
Agencies working to protect vulnerable women and children, often in fragile and conflict-affected countries, are coming under increasing pressure in delivering their services during the COVID-19 global crisis.
COVID-19 has highlighted the cruise sector's lack of scrutiny, and questions remain whether it can regain the trust of the travelling public.
A rare fossil tooth discovery has shed light on an extinct group of seals from Australia’s deep past.
They’re on the front line of climate change, but many women in at-risk regions continue to be ignored in global mitigation discussions.
Pacific climate migration patterns challenge the role of national governments as intermediaries for policy action.
Action is needed to reduce the alarming rise in the incidence of stroke in low to middle-income countries.
ClimateWorks Australia has developed a tool to help Pacific Island countries design pathways for the future through sustainable, climate-resilient, net-zero-emissions development.
As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.
Melbourne is undoubtedly a multicultural hub, but questions over social exclusion show that it's far from perfect.
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