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Developing fuel moisture sensing satellites for fire management with Indigenous knowledge

In this collaborative project, researchers are working to develop future satellites for fire management by using traditional Indigenous knowledge and collaborating on remote sensing technology to help manage wildfires.

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Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge

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Friday, 31 Jan 2020
  • News

Koalas displaced and injured by Australia’s bushfires are being cared for and housed temporarily at ANU.

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Thursday, 30 Jan 2020
  • News

An old space telescope, IRAS, will potentially collide with a decommissioned satellite, GGSE-4, raining debris in Earth’s orbit.

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Campus at dusk, showing buildings, trees and a silver ball sculpture.
Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Populations of wildlife that the bushfires haven't already wiped out are threatened by thousands of feral horses trampling the land.

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Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020
  • News

Astronomers have found a 'vampire' star in the midst of a feeding frenzy, with the help of an automated program that is sifting through archived data.

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Friday, 24 Jan 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

The nature of our fires is changing rapidly, and the adaptation of our plants and animals won't be able to keep pace.

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Aerial view of Kambri showing landscaping, lawns and trees.
Thursday, 23 Jan 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Australian scientists warned the country could face a climate change-driven bushfire crisis by 2020. It arrived on schedule.

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Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

"So many of us are wondering: have lives spent furthering conservation been wasted?"

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Monday, 20 Jan 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Carcasses can play a positive role as landscapes recover from fire, providing rich nutrients for other native animal, microbial and plant species.

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