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Farm dam

Better dams offer major benefits to farmers and livestock

Managing the water quality of farm dams is critical to the health of livestock as well as boosting crop production, according to new research from the ANU Sustainable Farms group.

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Friday, 07 Feb 2020
  • News

The ANU has today launched a new scholarship program and endowment to unlock university and personal opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

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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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University campus at dusk with lights
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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