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.
Michelle Littlefair is a PhD student at the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society researching frogs in agricultural landscapes. She is also a dancer who uses her performances to spread awareness about frog declines. We spoke to her about how frogs have become such a large part of her life.
Australia’s forestry industry raised eyebrows this month when it released plans to remove trees from native forests, potentially including national parks, and claim carbon credits in the process.
Moving across the world twice, thanks to pandemic travel limitations, Londoner Chloe Gomez is finally where she wants to be – back in the lab and driving real-world impact in plastic recycling.
When Dr Lara Gillan visited Questacon as a child, she was too scared to drop into the infamous free fall. Now she’s conquering her fears by doing something “even more terrifying”. She's performing at Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition at Questacon this National Science Week.
New research has found ongoing logging in NSW affects the habitat of at least 150 species considered at risk of extinction, due mostly to historical deforestation and degradation.