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The study highlights the important role of natural climate variability in shaping recent rainfall patterns, and how this influences expectations for the future.

A common antidepressant detected in rivers and streams worldwide is disrupting how fish learn, and the impact is strikingly one-sided.

A new national report released by the Climate Council, Breakneck Speed: Summer of Climate Whiplash, provides the clearest picture yet of how rapidly these extremes are accelerating.

As climate change accelerates, the world’s fisheries face steep declines in productivity, a threat that demands urgent, forward-looking policy action, according to Monash University Faculty of Science Associate Dean for Sustainability and

A world-first research collaboration led by Monash University will use artificial intelligence and genome editing to help protect rice crops from rising global temperatures.

A fast-moving butterfly is helping scientists prove that Facebook and Flickr aren’t just for holiday snaps, they could be key allies in tracking invasive species and monitoring biodiversity shifts in real time.

For Dr Lesley Alton, understanding how animals cope with a rapidly changing world is both a scientific challenge and an urgent responsibility.

For Associate Professor Kathryn Fitzsimmons, an ARC Future Fellowship awardee in 2025, the story of Earth’s deserts is a story about people, climate, resilience, and deep time.

2025 has been a defining year for Monash Science a year where curiosity ignited innovation, and ideas turned into national and global impact.