Research stories
Discover how our research delivers real-world solutions to climate change problems, the energy transition and disaster risks.
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Read more about some of the work by ANU researchers on how health, wellbeing and disasters.
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Read more about some of the social cohesion work by ANU researchers.
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Have reporters’ cliches got in the way of understanding how Pacific islanders are dealing with climate change?
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What role does the Asia-Pacific play in Russian energy strategy? The answer is of consequence to Australian security, and yet Russian energy interests in the region remain an understudied area.
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This note builds on previous work looking at the seasonality issues of high (> 90% share of total electricity energy produced) wind and solar penetration in Australia.
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Opinion surveys across the big emitters reveal the social complexity surrounding climate policy commitments.
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Scientists analysing growth rings of 700-year-old native cypress trees in Western Australia's Wheatbelt say the region suffered a series of megadroughts lasting up to 30 years in past centuries.
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Advocates for an Australian green hydrogen industry have issued a fresh plea for the country to focus on wind and solar as the fuel source, arguing that labels like ‘blue’ hydrogen can hide the true emissions impact of hydrogen produced using fossil fuels.
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Concrete contributes about eight percent of the world’s carbon footprint – around 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide – but research into a new type of concrete that actually traps carbon could cut its emissions drastically.