Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about environment and society at ANU.

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.

Find out more.

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.

 
Read the article

A nose for ecology

How an ecologist's dog transformed her PhD project.

Meet Koda
Sihle Dube works with Agritex Officer, Mcoli Matshazi. Behind them is a head-high field of green crops, and some pale blue sky peeks out behind.
Thursday, 02 Mar 2023
  • Student profile

What does mean for a local-national to do research in partnership with the interests and concerns of her people?

Read the article
A cartoon illustration of five people who are culturally and ethnically different, holding each other in warm shoulder touches in a family-style portrait.
Monday, 20 Feb 2023
  • Decoloyarns

The decoloyarns editorial team was thrilled when Caroline Hendy, an incoming PhD student in linguistics at the College of Asia and the Pacific, pitched this reflection on a decolonised unit that was part her post-graduate studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Read the article
A trio of Education Technologists stand together. The image is from the waist up.
Monday, 16 Jan 2023
  • Education story

The Fenner Education Hub have been chosen as joint recipients of the College of Science Award for Service in the Team Service Contribution category.

Read the article
Thursday, 12 Jan 2023
  • Research story

A first-of-its-kind report has been released by researchers led by The Australian National University. Global warming is changing the water cycle and causing flash droughts, floods and heatwaves. First-of-its-kind report warns such events will become more frequent.

Read the article
Saturday, 07 Jan 2023
  • News

African elephant numbers have dropped from about 26 million in the 1800s to 415,000 today. Due to their unique physiology, African elephants need hundreds of litres of water each day to survive. Climate change is causing droughts in much of Africa to become longer and more severe.

Read the article
Thursday, 08 Dec 2022
  • News

Three exemplar Fenner educators received nominations for Vice Chancellors Awards - making The Fenner School the most nominated for education excellence of any College of Science School.

Read the article
Sunday, 04 Dec 2022
  • News

Hydropower is rapidly expanding in the Himalayan region of South Asia, with the International Energy Agency projecting that India’s installed hydropower will more than double between 2021 and 2050.

Read the article
Friday, 02 Dec 2022
  • Decoloyarns

What is it about Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu that is so polarising? As PhD scholars and early career researchers we feel compelled to ask this question of our fellow academics.

Read the article
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2022
  • Education story

The greater glider is a combination of a lemur and a cat. They can soar up to 100 metres through the air. Dr Kara Youngentob from ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society says they are hard to spot in eucalypt forests.

Read the article