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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.
Let the hunt begin!
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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- Decoloyarns
Decoloyarning is about understanding how the disciplines we love thrive in a forum where respecting Indigenous knowledges and thinking sits at the core of what we do.
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Climatologists say it would be unfair to claim the BOM missed the mark on the weekend's floods. In fact, forecasts in general have been getting more accurate — extreme events are just much harder to predict, and becoming harder still due to climate change.
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Climate change is already pushing some human systems and ecosystems beyond their adaptation limits
- Research story
Geoengineering could pose grave dangers, potentially worse than the warming it seeks to remedy. To understand the risks, we’ve undertaken a risk assessment of this controversial technology.
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Tainted flows begin arriving in upper Menindee lakes in New South Wales as expert says problem ‘accelerated by poor management’
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Canberra writer Susan Parsons writes about her experience walking with Fenner ecologist Dr Suzi Bondat the Australian National Botanic Gardens to observe butterflies breeding and feeding on plants.
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In a study published Feb. 7, 2022, a team of climate scientists mapped out where vegetation is creating the highest fire risks across the western U.S. They were surprised to discover that the fastest rate of population growth by far has been in the areas with the highest fire risk.
- Education story
Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction and Palaeoecology reads like a mouthful, but Dr Janelle Stevenson knows that for Undergraduates and Masters students at ANU, it’s a type of scientific, social and geographic study that’s coming back into popularity.