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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 nose for ecology

How an ecologist's dog transformed her PhD project.

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Illustration of Alice, the rabbit and the Mad Hatter sitting around a table drinking tea.
Thursday, 15 Feb 2024
  • Education story

“Most people don’t even realise we’re all affected by pollution throughout our whole lives," says Dr Julia Jasonsmith from ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society.

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A greater glider perched in a tree at night.
Thursday, 15 Feb 2024
  • News

Ecologists were shocked by a recent announcement by New South Wales environment authorities that they believe loosens protections for southern greater gliders in logging areas.

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Three oranged-bellied parrot chicks huddle together in a researcher's bag.
Thursday, 15 Feb 2024
  • Research story

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University has shown.

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A tree in a savanna environment on Cape York Peninsula.
Wednesday, 14 Feb 2024
  • Research story

A new project seeks to rewrite this period of history – and others – to honour the voices and experiences of Aboriginal people whose contributions to colonial-era expeditions have long been overlooked.

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A side profile portrait of a Northern Cassowary.
Monday, 12 Feb 2024
  • Research story

What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? New research answers these questions for Australian birds.

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Researcher, David Lindenmayer, stands in a grassy opening of a bushland scene with trees in the background. He looks out and up to the right.
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2024
  • News

Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, landmark research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has found.

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A fire-ravaged bushland with black charred earth and black leafless branches and sticks.
Thursday, 11 Jan 2024
  • News

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

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A Fenner graduate stands in front of a banner and smiles while people in the foreground take photos.
Wednesday, 20 Dec 2023
  • News

On the 13th December, many of our students took to the stage to receive a special piece of paper and celebrate the end of their degrees.

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Student, Isobel, stands in a leafy part of the campus smiling and facing the camera.
Friday, 15 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Isobel Bender is graduating with a PhB (Honours) having made what her supervisor Professor Jamie Pittock calls “an unprecedented impact on the public good as an undergraduate researcher”.

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