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We're going on a beetle hunt

This is a story about what it's like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.

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Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’

Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.

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Australia’s summer weather heats up

Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.

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The image is a blue kingfisher, standing on the end of a thick, broken branch. The background is blurred, but it's speckled with leafylike green.
Friday, 12 Aug 2022
  • Decoloyarns

Decoloyarning at Fenner is currently open for submissions. This call provides some practical support to help you best prepare a pitch.

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Two juvenile swift parrots sit in the hands of a researcher. They are lime green in colour.
Sunday, 07 Aug 2022
  • Research story

Bruny Island is virtually the only remaining habitat left where swift parrots can safely raise their hatchlings. Fenner School Researcher Dr Stojanovic tells his story about how his team has been trying to protect them for more than a decade.

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The image features a birds-eye-view of text tubes filled with red, green, or clear liquid. In front of the image is a two-answer poll that asks, "Does Chemistry Make You Nervous". The two answer options are: "Ya. Tis scary." and "Nah, it's all good."
Thursday, 28 Jul 2022
  • Education story

In Semester 2, 2022, The Fenner School is teaching and co-hosting a series of new courses for Undergraduate and Masters students, and it's not too late to enrol!

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Tuesday, 26 Jul 2022
  • News

Written by Tayanah O'Donnell, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University, first published in The Conversation. Republished with permission.

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Friday, 22 Jul 2022
  • News

To any informed reader, the idea of farming cold-ocean seabirds in the Australian desert is mind-numbingly silly. But this hypothetical idea helps us better understand how environmental governance in Australia has gone badly wrong.

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Friday, 22 Jul 2022
  • News

Scientists hope the belated listing of fires as a threat to forest species can stop the destructive use of hazard-reduction burning. By Karen Middleton.

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Thursday, 21 Jul 2022
  • News

In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: “Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses.”

Hyperbole? Sadly not.

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Thursday, 21 Jul 2022
  • News

Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land.

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Tuesday, 19 Jul 2022
  • News

Australia’s long-lasting climate wars offer three painful lessons we shouldn’t ignore this time around.

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