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No such thing as a wasted vote: how young Australians can still be heard on climate

The cost of living has been dominating headlines this election campaign, but an ANU expert assures young people they can still vote for climate action.

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Mon, 06 Jul 2020

Australia's space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.

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Tue, 09 Jun 2020

Snow was once a regular feature of the southern Australian climate, but it has become less common because of climate change.

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Kambri university precinct at night with lights.
Tue, 09 Jun 2020

In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.

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Building with garden in foreground.
Thu, 21 May 2020

No other event in our lifetimes has brought such sudden, drastic loss to Australia’s biodiversity as the last bushfire season. Governments, researchers and conservationists have committed to the long road to recovery. But in those vast burnt landscapes, where do we start?

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Wed, 20 May 2020
The parched Murray Darling
Wed, 20 May 2020

A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes.

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Building facade.
Thu, 14 May 2020

We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife, but pet cats are wreaking havoc too.

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Building on campus with trees.
Thu, 07 May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic offers the opportunity for a fundamental rethink of what we consider normal. One of these areas is academia.

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Ecologist, Kate Grarock.
Sat, 18 Apr 2020

How does it feel when your 'happy place' is razed in the summer fires? And where do you go to from there?

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