Solar soldiers have their day in the sun
The Australian National University (ANU) is a step closer to solving one of the Australian Army’s modern problems with testing completed for new wearable solar technology which significantly reduces...
View ArticleFormer Japan PM moved and shocked by words of Indigenous Australians
Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has revealed at an ANU public lecture that he was left moved and shocked by words spoken to him by traditional Indigenous land owners. Mr Kan was prime minister...
View ArticleClimate Council: without action, rising seas will cost us billions
By Martin Rice; John Hunter, University of Tasmania; Lesley Hughes, and Will Steffen, Australian National University “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside” holds true for many Australians who live on or...
View ArticleVale Emeritus Professor Tony McMichael
The Australian National University community is mourning the death of distinguished Professor and epidemiologist Tony McMichael, who spent his life improving the world’s health. Emeritus Professor...
View ArticleStopping global deforestation will take more than more words
By Peter Kanowski, Australian National University At the recent UN Climate Summit in New York there was little in the way of new climate policy announcements, but 27 countries did sign a new forest...
View ArticleHay fever misery prediction: some to get off lightly, others to suffer
By Ed Newbigin, University of Melbourne and Simon Haberle, Australian National University For many, spring is the most agreeable time of year. But for one in six people (around three million...
View ArticleANU experts respond to the IPCC report on climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest synthesis report on climate change, warning that greenhouse gas levels are at their highest in 800,000 years, with recent...
View ArticleFarmers should pay for invasive weeds – researchers
Farmers who use plant varieties that become invasive weeds should pay a levy to cover any environmental management costs under a plan put forward by researchers at The Australian National University...
View ArticleProtecting native forests more valuable than logging
New research has found Mountain Ash forests provide more value to the community and the global climate when protected and not logged. Research scientists at the ANU, in partnership with information and...
View ArticleOcean primed for more El Niño
The ocean is warming steadily and setting up the conditions for stronger El Niño weather events, a new study has shown. A team of US, Australian, and Canadian researchers sampled corals from a remote...
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