8 Jan 2020

For two weeks over the holiday period, Canberra has had some of the world's worst recorded air quality due to bushfire smoke. Former meteorologist and...

3 Jan 2020

Climate Scientist Dr Joëlle Gergis asks if Earth system has now breached a tipping point in this opinion piece in The Guardian.

24 Dec 2019

As an uncontrollable wildfire took hold in Tallaganda National Park last month, it was soon apparent to ecologists that this was an unprecedented natural...

17 Dec 2019

As fires burn out of control in Australia, scientists warn the damage will have severe knock-on effects for the environment.

5 Dec 2019

The original wild specimens of the ancient Wollemi pine tree are safe for now as fires which have burnt more than 220,000 hectares continue throughout the Blue...

2 Dec 2019

What's the difference between back-burning and hazard reduction burning? And is it the solution to reducing bushfires? Professor Phil Gibbons explains the...

25 Nov 2019

More than 2 million hectares of mainly forested lands have been burnt along Australia's eastern seaboard in recent months – and the fires are still...

14 Nov 2019

Trees die, it's a sad fact of life. But how we manage their waste afterwards is a cause of concern. In this article, Fenner's Cris Brack argues that...

13 Nov 2019

Fenner School's Dr Joëlle Gergis told the New York Times that in dismissing the role of climate change in the fires, the government was choosing immediate...

10 Oct 2019

ANU scientists say there’s growing concern over a mysterious, possibly drought-related phenomenon that’s killing off substantial numbers of snow gums in the...

5 Oct 2019

A native longicorn beetle is ringbarking the trees all across Kosciuszko National Park, creating a mass die-off of native snow gums throughout the Australian...

10 Sep 2019

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