A report by a forum that represents the country’s scientists found that funding cuts could see gender-equity gains lost as institutions pull back on permanent contracts. And there could be worse to come, because women are 50% more likely to hold at-risk casual and short-term contract positions - which are often the first to go. Source: Polar Biology paper Research job losses hit women hardestįemale university staff in Australia have lost more jobs, paid hours and career opportunities than their male colleagues have since the pandemic hit. The team hopes to track glacier mice that were tagged a decade ago to see how they have moved over a longer period. “It's very hard not to think of tribbles from Star Trek,” says climate scientist Ruth Mottram.
Their motion didn’t align with the prevailing winds, and they weren’t rolling down a slope - so what propels them is still a mystery. The herd seems to move in unison, at a speed of about 2.5 centimetres per day. In a long-term study in Alaska, researchers tagged the rolling ‘glacier mice’ to monitor their motion. Squishy pillows of moss appear to slowly move across glaciers in a coordinated fashion, researchers have found. Ruth Mottram Balls of moss move like a flock Glacier mice in Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier in Iceland, in 2005. Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here
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