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...

27 Nov 2019

As members of the 'Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists', Professor Jamie Pittock and David Papps have written a pointed opinion piece in 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...

24 Nov 2019

Countries, cities, councils, and organisations around the world are declaring a climate emergency and changing practices and policies in an attempt to address...

23 Nov 2019

Some commentators think we may have already passed 'tipping points', locking in the worst of climate change predictions. But Dr Joelle Gergis from...

21 Nov 2019

Melbourne's drinking water is being put at risk by "widespread" illegal logging near water catchment areas, Australian National University...

21 Nov 2019

More of Australia's doctors are declaring climate change a "public health emergency". Today, three separate bodies representing medical...

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...

6 Nov 2019

Is climate change worth thinking about when you are looking to buy a house. Will Steffen from the Fenner School thinks so, as some properties may even become...

6 Nov 2019

From 20-24 October, delegates from across the world were in Brisbane for the bi-annual RiverSymposium. Fenner's Kate Harriden writes about her experiences.

30 Oct 2019

The Fenner School's Jamie Pittock says the NSW state government's $1 billion dam-building plan would convert unregulated flows to regulated ones,...