Search results for bushfires
Meet our researcher: Justin Leonard
16th April 2021
Justin Leonard’s job is to burn down houses so we can learn how best to protect them from bushfires.
Meet our researcher: Dr Guojian Wang
1st April 2021
Meet Guojian! He researches both the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) at The Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR).
Become a citizen scientist: create your own project to help the environment
26th February 2021
In our three-part series, we explore the ways you can help scientists understand extreme events. In this final part, we explain how to set up your own citizen scientist project.
Take a virtual tour of our insect collection
22nd February 2021
We're taking you on a virtual tour of our Australian National Insect Collection from your home. Come inside.
Become a citizen scientist: help in the aftermath of an extreme event
10th February 2021
In this three-part series, we explore the ways you can help scientists understand extreme events. This week we focus on post-disaster recovery and resilience.
Become a citizen scientist: help us understand extreme events
3rd February 2021
In this three-part series, we explore the ways you can help scientists prepare for and understand extreme events. This week it’s all about the base(line).
Interactive maps: vegetation cover and fire in Australia
15th January 2021
We're working with the National Landcare Program to produce interactive maps showing vegetation cover and fire impact in Australia.
Like finding life on Mars’: why the underground orchid is Australia’s strangest, most mysterious flower
4th January 2021
The underground orchid, Rhizanthella, is perhaps the strangest Australian orchid of them all. We explain why.
Butterfly effect: our national biodiversity database turns 10!
25th November 2020
The Atlas of Living Australia turns 10! We take a look at its contribution to research and what's next for the biodiversity database.
Smart sensors to help Darwin residents manage smoke and heat
19th November 2020
We’re working with the City of Darwin to improve the air pollution data collected by smart sensors.
Prepare for hotter days, says the State of the Climate 2020 report for Australia
13th November 2020
A changing climate means parts of Australia will get hotter, some drier, others wetter and we can expect more extreme fire days.
Meet our Indigenous researcher: Marlee Hutton
12th November 2020
Meet Indigenous researcher: Marlee Hutton and find out more about her research and projects on Country.