Climate change
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Funding
Swinburne space hub tackles climate change
Australia’s environmental issues such as floods and bushfires will now be monitored and tackled from space thanks to artificial intelligence.…
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Industry & Research
Temperature variation a deadly risk, study shows
Experts have warned we need to do more to mitigate against fluctuating temperatures as a new study showed the link…
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News
UNSW, UoN secure $230m for recycling and clean energy
A $50 million dollar research grant has been awarded to the University of New South Wales and the University of…
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Industry & Research
Can urban design help cities adapt and survive? Opinion
In this age of climate change, cities are the ultimate test of our ability to adapt and survive. But with…
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News
Top scientists and thinkers release statement expressing ‘deep concern’ for the globe and humanity
A group comprising 22 of the country’s leading scientists and thinkers has released a statement urging the Australian government to…
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News
ANU vice-chancellor tells world leaders pandemic offers chance to ‘reshape world’
Professor Brian Schmidt from ANU has told a summit of world leaders the COVID-19 pandemic offers a “once-in-a-generation” chance to…
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Industry & Research
USQ scientists helping to save valuable coffee crops in South East Asia: Podcast
CampusReview · How scientists are investigating and fighting climate change in South East Asia: Podcast Dr Jarrod Kath from USQ’s…
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News
It’s time climate change was written on death certificates: Podcast
CampusReview · It's time climate change was written on death certificates: Podcast According to ANU experts, deaths from climate change…
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Industry & Research
UNSW spearheads world university ‘climate alliance’ to arrest climate change
Forty of the world’s leading climate research universities have formed the International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA) to fight climate change.…
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Industry & Research
Higher education’s response to Australia’s megafires 2020 – Part 2 – Firefighting in a new age
In part two of our series on issues arising from Australia's megafires this summer, Campus Review talks to firefighter and…
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Industry & Research
2020 ANUpoll shows environment and climate change are top concerns
The 2020 ANUpoll conducted by The Australian National University (ANU) shows environment and climate change are the top two concerns…
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Industry & Research
Higher education’s response to Australia’s megafires 2020: Part 1 – Climate change
"The window for taking such action [on climate change] is closing fast," according to Clem Davis. The summer of 2019–2020…
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News
ANU professor warns of climate crisis, not emergency ahead of Climate Update 2020
The summer bushfires that caused devastation across many parts of Australia have situated Australia as “ground zero” for what is…
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News
The words that dominated Australia’s lexicon in 2019
New words – or neologisms – give expression to hitherto unrealised or articulated ideas, and underscore the adaptability and beauty of…
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Commentary
Burning questions: Will we choose transformation and sustainability or apocalypse?
It is noteworthy how far we have come in defining and shaping a concept of engagement. Universities in Australia are…
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News
Australian climate change initiatives stalling amid growing health fears: Report
A new report is calling for urgent action to tackle the risks to human health posed by climate change. The report,…
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News
This week’s big issue | Ridd prepares for JCU appeal
Former James Cook University academic and world-renowned expert in marine physics Professor Peter Ridd has started a GoFundMe page to…
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News
Geoscientist dubbed the ‘Grandfather of Climate Science’ dies at 87
The deaths of notable figures this week might reveal a lot about the circles individuals watch most closely. The fashion-focused will be…
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News
Students occupy UNSW Chancellery, protesting fossil fuel investment
I could barely hear Amy Walburn over the chants of her 14 peers. The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Fine Arts student…
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Industry & Research
What Scott Morrison doesn’t get about most of the voting public
When now-Prime Minster Scott Morrison brought a lump of coal into parliament in 2017, pleading "don’t be afraid, don’t be…
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Policy & Reform
UTS presents university commercialisation alternative
Today, in UTS' 'brown paper bag', a symposium on advancing the public benefit of universities took place. Resisting commercialisation The need…
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Industry & Research
WSU to be top of the crops
Sydney's Hawkesbury region has been fertile since 1891. Now, its getting a new, agricultural lease on life, and making Australia's food…
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Features
Monash’s carbon-free pledge questioned
With much fanfare, Monash recently announced it’s going clean. The Group of Eight member vowed that by 2030, all its…
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Climate change research a world first
Cutting-edge research facilities that can simulate the carbon-laden atmosphere of the future and study its impact on native bushland have…
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Fight back, Neel tells climate researchers
Australian researchers should not waver in the face of scurrilous attacks on climate-change action, says adjunct Professor Roy Neel, the…
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