Environment

Talbingo reservoir. Thennicke/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-ND

White elephant? Hardly – Snowy 2.0 will last 150 years and work with batteries to push out gas

22 Oct 2025

ANU engineering experts discuss the latest on Snowy 2.0, and why cost overruns don’t reflect the real value of the pumped hydro project.

The ANU-led findings reinforce how each new investment in coal and gas extraction causes long-term environmental and social harm. Photo: gloriaurban4/Pixabay

New Australian fossil fuel site will have major impact on people and the planet

14 Oct 2025

Emissions from the site will cause 484 heat-related deaths in Europe by the end of this century, according to new research led by ANU.

Lessons from Peru: what Australia can learn about the growing risk of dengue fever

13 Oct 2025

Australia is increasingly at risk of dengue fever outbreaks, but climate research from Peru can provide clues on how to deal with it.

Professor Marta Yebra, Associate Professor Eduardo Trifoni, and Professor Anna Moore from ANU InSpace

ANU Environmental Engineer elected to the International Academy of Astronautics

29 Sep 2025

“I am grateful for this recognition and excited to contribute to the Academy’s mission of advancing space science and technology for the benefit of society,” - ANU expert Professor Marta Yebra

Tharchen followed a collared snow leopard using a satellite GPS tracker. Photo: supplied

By following snow leopards, this ANU PhD scholar learnt about the power of coexistence

19 Aug 2025

PhD scholar Lhendup Tharchen, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society, has spent his career tracking big cats and wants to ensure the apex predators can coexist with humans.

The Australian National University. Photo: ANU

$18 million in federal funding to turbocharge ANU research

14 Jul 2025

Congratulations to Associate Professor Katharine Turner (MSI), Dr Mat Langford (MSI), and Dr Ben Scheele (FSES) who have received funding in the latest Australian Research Council Future Fellowships scheme for 2025.

The ANU College of Systems and Society 2025 3MT final PhD candidates and judges. Back row from left to right: Anjalie Edirisooriya (School of Engineering PhD candidate), Sharmin Akter (Fenner PhD candidate), Buddhi Kothalawala (School of Computing PhD candidate), Lachlan McGinness (School of Computing PhD candidate), Dr Richard Greene (Fenner judge), and Dr Ehsan Nabavi (CPAS judge). Front row from left to right: Shoshana Rapley (Fenner PhD candidate), Professor Valeska Ting (College Interim Associate Dean HDR), Samantha Shippley (Fenner PhD candidate), Dr Bea Velasco (School of Engineering judge), Associate Professor Pascal Bercher (School of Computing judge), and Rachel Clarke (Fenner judge).

Communicating complex ideas, in just three minutes: our 2025 3MT candidates

9 Jul 2025

Imagine condensing an 80,000-word thesis into a three-minute presentation. That’s exactly the challenge faced by PhD students in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the recent College final.

Australia should invest in new environmental monitoring systems: ANU expert

3 Jul 2025

A new report led by ANU examines 25 years of changes to Australia’s environment and biodiversity.

Developing fuel moisture sensing satellites for fire management with Indigenous knowledge

1 Jul 2025

A pilot project is combining advanced satellite technology with Aboriginal and Māori knowledge to improve fire management and support more effective, ethical fire preparedness.

Cultural burning. Image: Jamie Kidston/ANU

Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back

17 Jun 2025

New research details the results of a Indigenous-led cultural burning program in critically endangered woodlands in New South Wales. It shows how Western science can support cultural burning to deliver benefits across...