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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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Monday, 29 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Available water supply is not only determined by rainfall. It also depends on water storage.

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Saturday, 27 Jul 2019
  • Career story

Kristi Lee, a Githabul Bundjalung woman and ANU graduate, has received the ‘Caring for Country’ award at the 2019 ACT NAIDOC Awards.

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Monday, 22 Jul 2019
  • Research story

At a recent public lecture, Dr Emma Tucker posed a question to the audience: who would like to travel to space?

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Friday, 19 Jul 2019
  • News

ANU scientist Professor Trevor Ireland, who is a space rock expert, said no conspiracy would have or could have made the Moon rocks.

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Friday, 19 Jul 2019
  • Student profile

Rajika Kuruwita is an astronomer. Her PhD is on a subject which very much exists IRL but is actually best known from fiction, so that’s where she always starts.

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Thursday, 18 Jul 2019
  • Student profile

Hmalan’s connection to Country made her flee ANU, but also led her back ten years later.

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Monday, 15 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

There are worrying signs Antarctica is changing faster than expected and in places previously thought to be protected from rapid change.

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Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019
  • News

The third and final unveiling of artworks by Indigenous artists has taken place at the ANU Colleges of Science; Health and Medicine.

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Monday, 08 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

No part of the planet is free from the impacts of human-caused climate change. But Greenland is experiencing the impacts particularly severely.

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