When scientists observed snow gums dying in huge numbers, they immediately suspected a beetle might be the culprit. The next step seemed easy: catch some beetles. But this is a story about what it’s like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.
Australian scientists have just released the most comprehensive report card to date on the health of Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin. It shows that government policies from the past decade have mostly failed to improve outcomes for people and nature along the river system.
Giselle Cruzado Melendez is a PhD student at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU. She spoke to us about her PhD on the role of social enterprises led by Aboriginal women.
Australia has experienced the first warning signs of a scorching summer ahead, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting this year will be the hottest on record.