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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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- 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.
- 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.
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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.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Decoloyarns
Everything settler-colonists write, everything settler-colonists research, has an opportunity to be decolonised. That's right: there are no loopholes, no exceptions.
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Described as an "environmental despot", Jair Bolsonaro's election defeat has been welcomed by climate change scientists and activists.
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Southeast Australia’s bushfire crisis culminated in the devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020 that burnt nearly 25 million hectares of bush.