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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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Flooded small village with houses
Tuesday, 02 Nov 2021
  • Research story

The make-or-break United Nations climate talks in Glasgow have begun. Much attention so far has rightly focused on the emissions reduction ambition each nation is taking to the negotiations. But another key goal of the talks is to dramatically scale up so-called “climate finance” for developing nations.

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Friday, 29 Oct 2021
  • News

A group of scientists has written to the state's environment minister, calling for the extermination or removal of all horses in national parks, including Kosciuszko.

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Two farmers plow a field with a cow
Wednesday, 27 Oct 2021
  • Research story

Agriculture experts from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with government bodies and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa to improve irrigation schemes and boost crop production. The researchers' work is improving food security, reducing water waste and lifting people out of poverty.

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Wednesday, 27 Oct 2021
  • News

The world is on track to hit 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100 despite stronger emissions reduction targets, the United Nations has said on the eve of global climate talks.

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Tuesday, 26 Oct 2021
  • News

Four ANU experts warn that Pacific nations are at risk of being left behind in global climate negotiations if they aren’t a focus of the upcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow.

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Monday, 25 Oct 2021
  • Research story

A team of three postdoctoral researchers at The Fenner School have developed a web app that uses satellite observations to help Australian farmers better manage water use and storage for irrigation.

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A picture of a blue sky with thin lines of cloud, and from the bottom of the screen, in the foreground, stand the green tops of three palm trees, in Singapore.
Monday, 18 Oct 2021
  • Education story

For two ANU Fenner School students working from overseas, it takes three things to survive teaching and learning from lockdown.

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Image of Bushfire smoke in Lyneham, Canberra
Thursday, 14 Oct 2021
  • News

Only one in five people sought medical attention but half reported anxiety, depression and sleep loss.

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Wednesday, 13 Oct 2021
  • News

Prof Saul Cunningham spoke to ABC Radio's PM program about biodiversity loss.

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