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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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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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Friday, 13 Sep 2019
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Data released by the Murray Darling Basin Authority shows total water storage in the Northern Basin is dangerously low, sitting at just nine per cent capacity. Fenner's Professor Jamie Pittock spoke with ABC Radio National Breakfast about it.

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Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019
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Dr Joëlle Gergis gives her thoughts to The Guardian following the September bushfires in Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

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A fire burning near Yamba, in northern New South Wales, Australia.
Monday, 09 Sep 2019
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Dr Joëlle Gergis speaks to the New York Times about the September bushfires in Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

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The lower reservoir of the former gold mine at Kidston.
Thursday, 05 Sep 2019
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Professor Jamie Pittock says the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro project would be a gold mine for electricity stability.

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Under the Spikes by Isaac Wilson. © South Australian Museum
Wednesday, 04 Sep 2019
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Fenner's Cris Brack gives his thoughts about this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Competition.

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Tuesday, 03 Sep 2019
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Are you interested in the role of biodiversity in supporting agriculture? Here is an opportunity to conduct research on aspects of crop pollination by bees in Australian agriculture, at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University.

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Tuesday, 03 Sep 2019
  • Research story

The Fenner School of Environment and Society is offering a couple of PhD programs (Ecologist and Social scientist) working with the interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Sustainable Farms initiative. The program focuses on investigating the biodiversity and sustainability of farmland ecosystems.

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Sunday, 01 Sep 2019
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If you're out and about, it's the time of the year to look out. Magpie swooping season is upon us and the dive-bombing has begun in Canberra, with pedestrians, cyclists and even buses in the birds' sights.

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lion and lioness
Sunday, 01 Sep 2019
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Letter published in Science - Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity

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