Researcher, Xuemei Bai, stands in front of the Fenner building with a grass tree beside her.
Researcher, Xuemei Bai, stands in front of the Fenner building with a grass tree beside her.

Path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared: report.

Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet.

 
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A Fenner researcher, Shoshana Rapley, kneels with her dog on her leg and looks at her, with woodland in the background.
A Fenner researcher, Shoshana Rapley, kneels with her dog on her leg and looks at her, with woodland in the background.

A nose for ecology

How an ecologist's dog transformed her PhD project.

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A researcher shines her spotlight into the edge of a dam at night.
A researcher shines her spotlight into the edge of a dam at night.

When you Kermit to the bit

why frogs are part of this scientist’s identity now

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Fenner community eating lunch around a long table.
Thursday, 07 Nov 2024

Coming together for an International Lunch

The Fenner community came together and shared their favourite meals at our annual International Lunch,

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Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024

Plans to cool the Earth by blocking sunlight are gaining momentum but critical voices risk being excluded

The risks of solar geoengineering will be magnified if critics are ignored and researchers are allowed to self-regulate.

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A hydropower dam.
Friday, 25 Oct 2024

Queensland election signals both major parties accept pumped hydro and the renewable energy transition as inevitable

Pumped hydro and batteries can easily provide all the storage needed for 100% renewable electricity generation, eliminating the need for polluting gas power plants.

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Colourful bins hang from a brick wall
6 Dec 2024 | 11am - 12pm

PhD Seminar: Exploring Urban Sustainable Waste Management Experiments in China

Exploring Urban Sustainable Waste Management Experiments in China
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Light shines on a flower and leaves against a black background.
11 Dec 2024 | 12:30pm

2024 Fenner School Photography Competition

If you’ve been involved with The Fenner School in 2024 as a student, academic, professional staff member or affiliate, and you’ve captured a moment you’d like to share with us that speaks to this year’s theme, send it in!
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The Ba river winds through a valley in fiji
18 Dec 2024 | 1 - 2pm

PhD Seminar: Spatial prioritisation of ecosystem services in waterways and riparian corridors in the Ba River Catchment, Fiji

Environmental monitoring of ecosystems within waterways and riparian corridors is challenging due to constraints on the spatio-temporal coverage that can be reached by extension workers and environmental regulators. Spatial prioritisation may support the planning for allocation of finite resources for monitoring, conservation and rehabilitation.
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