Videos
Research and student experience videos from Fenner School of Environment & Society.
Would you like to make a difference to the world, but are not sure how, or where to start? This course invites students into a workshop environment with guest speakers from inside and outside the university.
Researchers at the Australian National University are collecting hyperspectral images from eucalyptus trees to develop a satellite that can predict where a bushfire will burn.
Bushfire is an integral part of the Australian landscape but it can also can be extremely harmful. Understanding bushfires can help us manage our landscapes better. Researchers at ANU have been conducting a long-term study at Booderee National Park to capture critical data on how bushfires impact ecosystems. In this video, hear about the work they do at the site.
Kate Grarock took an unlikely path to university, leaving school early and starting a five-year military career. After finishing her PhD at ANU on the effective management of introduced species, Kate worked as an ecologist on the research and restoration of locally extinct species in the ACT. In this video find out what has motivated Kate’s career in wildlife conservation and science communication.
Just 90 minutes’ drive from the Melbourne CBD there are forests of Mountain Ash trees- the world’s largest flowering plant. These trees are a primary resource for Victoria in terms of biodiversity, carbon sequestration and water supply. Understanding the forests is critical to managing them effectively. In this video, hear from Professor David Lindenmayer, who has captured long-term data of the Mountain Ash forests for more than 30 years.
The Kioloa Coastal Campus (KCC) of the ANU offers accommodation and research facilities at a unique location, extending from the high tide mark through a diverse ecology to thick bushland.
As fires swept through Namadgi National Park in 2020, Associate Professor Marta Yebra assisted fire managers to predict the fires’ movement. Now she wants to know how her data models can be better used in future bushfire emergencies. We talked to her about what she had learned from 2020.