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.

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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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A woman in a white top standing in front of trees
Thursday, 21 Nov 2024
  • Student profile

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.

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People on a beach in front of high rise buildings
Thursday, 21 Nov 2024
  • News

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.

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Yen Le
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024
  • Student profile

Yen Le is studying the Master of Environment program at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

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Arifah
Monday, 18 Nov 2024
  • Student profile

Arifah Hidayati is studying the Master of Forests (advanced) program at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

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Fenner community eating lunch around a long table.
Thursday, 07 Nov 2024
  • News

The Fenner community came together and shared their favourite meals at our annual International Lunch,

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Jyotirao Wankhede
Tuesday, 05 Nov 2024
  • Student profile

Jyotirao Wankhede completed a Master of Forestry (Advanced) at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

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Light rays shining through clouds above a foggy landscape of mountains.
Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024
  • News

The risks of solar geoengineering will be magnified if critics are ignored and researchers are allowed to self-regulate.

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A hydropower dam.
Friday, 25 Oct 2024
  • News

Pumped hydro and batteries can easily provide all the storage needed for 100% renewable electricity generation, eliminating the need for polluting gas power plants.

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A patchwork of spinnifex grass in a red desert environment.
Wednesday, 16 Oct 2024
  • News
  • Research story

Since colonisation, cultural burning in the Great Sandy Desert ended. Now the work of caring for desert country (pirra) with fire (jungku, or warlu) has begun again.

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