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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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Murray River
Friday, 21 Apr 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The state and federal governments' Murray-Darling Basin Plan was intended to preserve environmental flows while allocating set volumes of water to farmers. But it’s not working properly.

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Elephant
Wednesday, 12 Apr 2023
  • News

A new study shows that we can use existing conservation data to predict which currently unthreatened species could become threatened and take proactive action to prevent their decline before it is too late.

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ANU Professor in Indigenous Genomics, Alex Brown, in the lab
Wednesday, 05 Apr 2023
  • News

Professor in Indigenous Genomics, Alex Brown, is the first Indigenous member of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) board.

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Tiny bird in a hand
Wednesday, 05 Apr 2023
  • News

Genetic data could be the key to helping the endangered forty-spotted pardalote on the road to recovery, according to a new study from ANU.

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Man in storeroom looking at a blue rock
Monday, 03 Apr 2023
  • Career story

This is a job you’d want to rock up to every day.
Peek behind the scenes on a tour of the collection with Museum Curator at Geoscience Australia and ANU alumni, Steven Petkovski.

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A man standing in front of computer servers with a laptop
Friday, 31 Mar 2023
  • Student profile

When Dhruv Bhagtani landed in Australia thanks to a prestigious Future Research Talent Award, he knew he’d be doing world-class undergraduate research. What he didn’t expect was the world of opportunity it also opened up.

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A smiling man in a brown patterned shirt standing in a court room
Thursday, 30 Mar 2023
  • Staff profile

“If they need me," Dr Brad Tucker says, "it is either a critical point for what is happening or it is a very serious matter, the kind of thing you see on the news, so they want as much detail as possible.”

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Iceberg
Thursday, 30 Mar 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

New research, published today in the journal Nature, projects a slowing of the Antarctic overturning circulation and deep ocean warming over the next few decades. This could change our climate and marine environment in profound and potentially irreversible ways.

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A mangrove in a landscape and a waterbird at dusk
Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

A new report card on Australia’s environment reveals 2022 was a bumper year for our rivers and vegetation – but it wasn’t enough to reverse the long-term decline in plant and animal species.

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