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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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Thursday, 08 Aug 2019
  • News

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows how unprecedented land exploitation is contributing to climate change.

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Wednesday, 07 Aug 2019
  • News

Scientists have cracked a key step in nature’s water-splitting recipe, which may be harnessed to make a limitless supply of cheap renewable fuel.

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Tuesday, 06 Aug 2019
  • News

A new study from The Australian National University has shown the impact phosphate mining is having on our coral reefs.

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Friday, 02 Aug 2019
  • News

Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe's first stars inside a rare, ancient star far, far away on the other side of our galaxy.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings and ovals.
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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